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{"title":"Traditional livelihood risks and adaptation within a conservation context: Insights from two national parks in China","authors":"Siyuan He,&nbsp;Bojie Wang","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70134","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70134","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Area-based conservation that addresses rural communities' livelihoods may result in both sustainable rural development and improved ecological outcomes. A comparative study was conducted within the context of China's national park pilot initiative, focusing on herders in Qilianshan and tea farmers in Wuyishan. The results show that inertia towards tradition was common among rural communities, regardless of geographical differences, but their perceptions of livelihood risks varied. Generally, herders were more dependent on policy-support, while tea farmers were more reliant on market mechanisms. Specifically, policy risks, especially from the grassland eco-compensation programme, were significant and added to the conventional natural and market risks for herders. Tea farmers, on the other hand, were more exposed to natural, market, and individual health risks that directly affected income from tea production. The herders' strong demand for adequate pastures and high dependence on eco-compensation created a tension that hindered both ecological and economic outcomes. The lack of tea processing facilities among tea farmers indicated a structural mismatch between supply and demand, which negatively impacted income due to restrictions on tea orchard expansion. We argue that national park management should align traditional livelihoods with conservation objectives by capitalizing on the multiple functions of conservation-compatible production systems, and employing targeted measures to address specific risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145058080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"COVID-related changes in public attitudes toward wildlife consumption on a Chinese social media site","authors":"Yuhan Li,&nbsp;Daniel W. S. Challender,&nbsp;Yang Zhang,&nbsp;E. J. Milner-Gulland","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70110","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70110","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Wildlife consumption in China has been relatively common, which has led to a substantial wildlife farming industry and caused concern among some conservationists. The assumed link between COVID-19 and wildlife consumption attracted significant public attention and led to a change in wildlife management policies in China. However, it is unclear how the Chinese public perceives wildlife consumption and whether they are supportive of the wildlife management policies introduced. We collected and analyzed 488,016 posts from a prominent Chinese social media site—Weibo—from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. Our results suggest that during our study period, COVID-19 dramatically altered people's attitudes toward wildlife consumption; following the emergence of the pandemic, posts spiked and overwhelmingly called for a stop to wildlife consumption. We selected pangolins, bats, wild pigs, and snakes for in-depth analysis, where disease and conservation were the top themes discussed. When the wildlife consumption ban in China was introduced in February 2020, the majority of Weibo users supported it. However, not all users did, including those concerned about the wildlife farming industry and those questioning the link between COVID-19 and wildlife consumption. Users also discussed traditional Chinese medicine, including its impacts on wildlife consumption, conservation, and medical efficacy. Our results indicated that understanding public sentiment is useful for evaluating support for conservation policies and interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70110","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145058058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wildlife health risk analysis for conservation translocation: A scalable approach illustrated for wader population restoration","authors":"Katie M. Beckmann,&nbsp;Nicola C. Dessi,&nbsp;Anthony W. Sainsbury,&nbsp;Kate McInnes,&nbsp;Rosa Lopez Colom,&nbsp;William H. Costa,&nbsp;Michelle F. O'Brien,&nbsp;Jessica-Leigh Penman,&nbsp;Daniel Calvo Carrasco,&nbsp;Taiana P. Costa,&nbsp;Nigel S. Jarrett,&nbsp;Tanya Grigg,&nbsp;Baz Hughes,&nbsp;Richard A. Kock,&nbsp;Ruth L. Cromie,&nbsp;Rebecca Lee","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70131","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70131","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Conservation translocations are human-mediated movements of wildlife for conservation purposes. They risk compromising the health of wildlife, and potentially domestic animals and humans, in the short and long term, but these risks vary with project context. Wildlife health risk analysis (disease risk analysis) is a process enabling these risks to be characterized and managed; multiple methods have been developed for conservation translocation. It would be beneficial for the depth of health risk analysis to be proportionate to context; however, few methods currently facilitate this flexibility. We aimed to produce a refined methodological framework for health risk analysis that enabled it to be scalable and adaptable to different translocation scenarios. We developed such a framework by adapting and assimilating elements of existing methods. We describe its key features and application to two wader (shorebird) conservation translocations with differing translocation plans and epidemiological circumstances. We then reflect on the framework's utility in light of the observed project outcomes, which exemplified the uncertain and changeable nature of disease risks over time. Our framework has the potential to expedite health risk analysis for repeat translocations of a particular taxon in a region and has application to other taxa and potentially other forms of wildlife translocation.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145058059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mammals, birds, and reptiles spend more time in artificial refuges after fire","authors":"Darcy J. Watchorn","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70138","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70138","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fire can enhance hunting conditions for predators by incinerating microhabitats that provide refuge for prey, such as grass and shrubs. This simplification of the environment can increase the detectability and catchability of prey; a phenomenon that can be ecologically detrimental where invasive predators are prevalent. As fire regimes intensify globally, developing effective management actions to mitigate the impacts of invasive predators in recently burnt environments is becoming increasingly important. This study investigates the impact of artificial refuges on the behavior of small vertebrates following a prescribed fire in southeastern Australia. Using a camera trap-based control-impact study design, I assess whether artificial refuges influence the duration and timing of small mammal activity and decrease perceived predation risk. Over half of the species tested spent more time per visit inside refuges, suggesting a reduction in predation risk. The small mammal community adjusted their daily activity times within the refuges to become slightly more active earlier in the evening and later in the morning; however, no changes in mean activity period were observed. These findings demonstrate the potential of artificial refuges to become a useful conservation tool after fire, although further research across different ecosystems and fire conditions is yet needed to determine their efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70138","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategic management of a widespread native interference competitor","authors":"Ross Crates,&nbsp;David Lindenmayer,&nbsp;Robert Heinsohn","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70135","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Implementing evidence-based strategies to manage pest species is critical to limit global extinctions. The overabundance of a hyperaggressive native songbird—the noisy miner <i>Manorina melanocephala</i>—has emerged as a broad-scale conservation issue in eastern Australia. However, a strategic noisy miner management plan does not currently exist at state or national levels. Citizen science data indicate noisy miner populations continue to expand and/or increase in most areas. The negative impacts of noisy miner overabundance on the abundance and diversity of co-occurring bird populations and the broader health of woodland, coastal forest, and urban ecosystems have probably been underestimated and may well exacerbate in the future. Failing to manage noisy miner overabundance will jeopardize Australia's ability to achieve its biodiversity commitments through the Nature Repair Market. We synthesize evidence from attempts to manage noisy miners through culling and habitat restoration and use this evidence to develop a conceptual framework for managing noisy miner overabundance in diverse landscapes. There is some evidence that culling and habitat restoration may mitigate noisy miner overabundance, but inconsistent management and short-term monitoring approaches mean key knowledge gaps persist regarding how and where reducing noisy miner overabundance can most benefit biodiversity. To avoid further declines and potential extinctions of the most at-risk species, targeted noisy miner management is urgently needed. By implementing strategic management and standardized, long-term monitoring, maximum inference can be gained to refine approaches over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predicting consumer intention to buy tiger bone glue in Vietnam: A comparison between the theory of planned behavior and the social cognitive theory","authors":"Hoai Nam Dang Vu,&nbsp;Louise Taylor,&nbsp;Simone Haysom,&nbsp;Martin Reinhardt Nielsen","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70130","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Demand for tiger parts and products, especially tiger bone glue, has fuelled the illegal tiger trade and the proliferation of tiger farms in some Asian countries. Despite the importance of understanding demand, insights into consumer motivations and determinants of demand remain limited. This study compared the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the social cognitive theory (SCT) to examine the relative effects of different social-psychological factors and informational treatments on consumers' intention to buy tiger bone glue in Vietnam, a traditional medicine primarily made of tiger bone. Using structural equation models, results showed that the perceived behavioral control in the TPB (<i>f</i>² = 0.58) and self-efficacy in the SCT (<i>f</i>² = 0.72) were the most important determinants. Respondents were also influenced by media information (<i>f</i>² = 0.09) about the conditions of captive-bred tigers, the prevalence of fake and low-quality products, and legal sanctions and health risks when buying and using tiger bone glue. However, information about alternatives to tiger bone glue had no significant effects. The study supports using the SCT as an alternative to the TPB to increase the ability to capture the complexity of factors driving the consumption of endangered wildlife products. We developed recommendations for behavior change campaigns using social marketing to reduce tiger bone glue demand.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Range-restricted species are poor proxies for functional diversity in the world's largest avifauna","authors":"Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg,&nbsp;Samuel Eberhard,&nbsp;Camila Gómez,&nbsp;Sean Siddens,&nbsp;Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70136","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Conservation prioritization is critical in an era of global change and mass extinction, but it is complicated by the multiple facets of biodiversity that are often uncorrelated in space, especially at global scales. Yet, global scales are not the level pertinent to most conservation action; rather, conservation decision making is generally made at the country level, and this is particularly important for the most biodiverse countries on earth. Here, we evaluate congruence between three metrics of functional diversity and four metrics of taxonomic richness for the birds of Colombia, the country with the most bird species in the world. We report a high correlation between species and functional richness, and with threatened richness. However, the distribution of endemic and range-restricted species was a poor proxy for functional richness. Thus, for biodiverse countries such as Colombia, prioritizing species richness would be a suitable approach to conserving functional diversity, but it must be complemented with traditional conservation goals of preserving uniqueness (endemism) to avoid jeopardizing range-restricted species of high socio-ecological value.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying opportunities toward conflict transformation in an Orca-Salmon-Human system","authors":"Lauren E. Eckert,&nbsp;Natalie C. Ban,&nbsp;Misty MacDuffee,&nbsp;David C. Scott,&nbsp;Paul C. Paquet,&nbsp;Faisal Moola,&nbsp;Cameron Owens,&nbsp;Chris T. Darimont","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70108","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Conservation interventions increasingly clash with other human activities, often resulting in conflict among people, communities, and wildlife. One means by which to address and overcome conflicts is through examining their roots in identities and beliefs; in this way, researchers can identify potential routes to conflict interventions that address different kinds—and levels of—conflict often ignored in conventional management. In the Salish Sea region, conflict has emerged following measures by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans that restrict recreational Chinook (<i>Oncorhynchus tshawytscha</i>) fishing to protect endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (<i>Orcinus ater</i>). Public response has been conflict-laden, especially between “angler” and “conservation-supporter” communities—stakeholder groups portrayed in the media as distinct and opposed. We used online surveys to examine the identity, beliefs, and opinions of stakeholders. Most survey participants (<i>n</i> = 727) self-identified saliently as either conservation-supporters (53%) or anglers (34%), although some held both identities. Both groups scored similarly high in environmental and stakeholder identity affiliation scores, also showing association between the intensity of identities with public engagement in management discourse. Groups differed strongly (χ2 = 156.27, <i>p</i> &lt;.001) in management beliefs, with conservation supporters favoring core management priorities of species conservation, while anglers favored a balanced or natural resource-oriented approach. Despite divergences in beliefs and management priorities, more individuals self-identified as <i>both</i> anglers and conservation-supporters than one would expect based only on existing media portrayals. Ultimately, our results identify conflicts between stakeholder groups as deeply-embedded. Commonalities (in identities and beliefs regarding Chinook), however, suggest a path forward that draws on conservation conflict transformation theory. Broadly, our approach offers new generalizable insight into the levels-of-conflict framework to inform scholarly and practical endeavors.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building equitable engagement: Strategies for enhancing diverse engagement in participatory science","authors":"Kelsey Jennings,&nbsp;Ashley Dayer,&nbsp;Willandia Chaves","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70129","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Co-created participatory science offers an innovative approach to engaging diverse communities in scientific research, challenging traditional top-down approaches to science, and fostering meaningful collaborations between scientists and volunteers. However, despite the growth of participatory science programs, participation remains largely homogenous in the United States, with underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities. This manuscript explores the facilitators and constraints to BIPOC participation in participatory science. We also utilize an asset-based framework, community cultural wealth (CCW), in novel applications to understand persistence in engagement while recognizing the systemic barriers that still exist. Through online focus groups with BIPOC-serving program practitioners and BIPOC participants, we identified key factors encouraging BIPOC participation, such as community-oriented and -led programs and opportunities to build and share knowledge and expertise, highlighting the role of CCW. Despite interest, persistent barriers included the perception of outdoor spaces as White-dominated, financial constraints, and discrimination. We recommend adopting a co-created research approach, tailoring programs to meet community needs, and investing in long-term, sustainable engagement strategies to support BIPOC communities in participatory science. This research underscores the importance of centering community voices, intersectionality, and persistent efforts in fostering equity within science institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145058092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The actionability of threat mapping research assessed through stakeholder involvement and intended outcomes of studies","authors":"Francesca A. Ridley,&nbsp;Philip J. K. McGowan,&nbsp;Andrew J. Suggitt,&nbsp;Emily J. Hickinbotham,&nbsp;Ben W. Rowland,&nbsp;Louise Mair","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70116","DOIUrl":"10.1111/csp2.70116","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There are often mismatches between the needs of decision makers and the outputs of scientific research, limiting the potential for conservation actions to be evidence-based. Clearly defining the intended pathway from research to action, and engaging stakeholders in the design and delivery of research, have both been suggested as essential to ensuring that research is relevant to decision-makers' needs. However, it is not clear how often such practices are implemented. We developed a novel approach to investigate statements of intended conservation outcome—including recommended actions—and stakeholder involvement reported in scientific articles that geographically map threats to species. We applied this to studies from a published systematic map of the literature. For 68% of studies, general conservation planning processes, tools, and techniques were the primary theme of intended outcomes, rather than specific conservation actions. Reports of stakeholder involvement were uncommon (present in 12.9% of studies) but those retrieved covered the full chronology of a scientific study, from design to planning, delivery, and validation. Our analysis presents an approach and a baseline for monitoring the clear definition of pathways to action and stakeholder involvement in the threat mapping literature, which can highlight ongoing mismatches between scientific output and decision-makers' needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70116","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}