Guidelines for communicating about bats to prevent persecution in the time of COVID-19

D MacFarlane, R Rocha - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
While the current COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on human health and
national economies, conservationists are struggling to prevent misguided persecution of …

Encouraging safe wildlife viewing in national parks: Effects of a communication campaign on visitors' behavior

KM Abrams, K Leong, S Melena… - Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Seeing wildlife in natural habitat is an exciting and powerful experience for national park
visitors but is risky for visitors and wildlife alike. National parks have long used educational …

Human dimensions of bat conservation–10 recommendations to improve and diversify studies of human-bat interactions

TM Straka, J Coleman, EA Macdonald… - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Human dimensions (HD) research is a discipline of conservation social sciences that
applies social and psychological sciences to understand and influence conservation …

[HTML][HTML] Communicating risk in human-wildlife interactions: How stories and images move minds

SK Guenther, EA Shanahan - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Effectively communicating risk is critical to reducing conflict in human-wildlife interactions.
Using a survey experiment fielded in the midst of contentious public debate over flying fox …

Comparing the effectiveness of different consensus messages in communicating global environmental issues: The role of referent groups, emotions, and message …

H Lu - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering effective messaging strategies as one important way of mobilizing the general
public to join the fight in addressing some of the world's most critical environmental …

Citizen science projects require agreement: a Delphi study to identify which knowledge on urban ecology is considered relevant from scientists' and citizens' …

T Bruckermann, M Stillfried, TM Straka… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In citizen science (CS) projects, acquired knowledge about a specific topic is the most
frequently acknowledged learning outcome. However, whether both citizens and scientists …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence gaps and diversity among potential win–win solutions for conservation and human infectious disease control

SR Hopkins, KD Lafferty, CL Wood… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
As sustainable development practitioners have worked to" ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all" and" conserve life on land and below water", what progress has been …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding factors influencing dog owners' intention to vaccinate against rabies evaluated using health belief model constructs

TJ Beyene, B Mindaye, S Leta… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ethiopia has one of the highest incidence levels of human rabies in Africa, with 3–7 deaths
per 100,000 people annually. The country has no official rabies control programme, despite …

[HTML][HTML] Cultural cognition and ideological framing influence communication about zoonotic disease in the era of Covid-19

JM Beall, WR Casola, MN Peterson… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The efficacy of science communication can be influenced by the cultural values and
cognitions of target audiences, yet message framing rarely accounts for these cognitive …

Wildlife health and public trust responsibilities for wildlife resources

DJ Decker, K Schuler, AB Forstchen… - Journal of Wildlife …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
A significant development in wildlife management is the mounting concern of wildlife
professionals and the public about wildlife health and diseases. Concurrently, the wildlife …