Takada, Momo Murakami, Michio Ohnuma, Susumu Shibata, Yukihide Yasutaka, Tetsuo
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Environmental management
Radioactively contaminated soil from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident in 2011 is required by law to be finally disposed of outside Fukushima Prefecture by 2045. To gain public acceptance of this policy, it is essential to promote understanding and nationwide discussion. We conducted a web-based survey of 2000 people in Japan to ...
Taylor, Matthew Brook, Barry Johnson, Christopher de Little, Siobhan
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Environmental management
As human activity accelerates the global crisis facing wildlife populations, private land conservation provides an example of wildlife management challenges in social-ecological systems. This study reports on the research phase of 'WildTracker' - a co-created citizen science project, involving 160 landholders across three Tasmanian regions. This wa...
TuckerWilliams, Ellary Lepczyk, Christopher A. Morse, Wayde Smith, Mark
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Environmental Management
Successful management of invasive species often requires working across public and private landownerships. A prime example of an invasive species that commonly occurs on privately and publicly owned and managed lands is the wild pig ( Sus scrofa ). Because of the multitude of negative impacts associated with wild pigs, management must occur across ...
Beland Lindahl, Karin Wilson, Gary N. Allard, Christina Poelzer, Greg
This Special Section explores the interplay between Indigenous peoples, industry, and the state in five proposed and active mining projects in Canada and Sweden. The overall aim is to identify factors shaping the quality of Indigenous community-industry-state interactions in mining and mine development. An ambition underlying the research is to dev...
Fard, Elizabeth Brown, Lauren N Ambrose, Richard F Whitcraft, Christine Thorne, Karen M Kemnitz, Nathaniel J Hammond, Douglas E MacDonald, Glen M
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Environmental management
Sea-level rise is particularly concerning for tidal wetlands that reside within an area with steep topography or are constrained by human development and alteration of sedimentation. Sediment augmentation to increase wetland elevations has been considered as a potential strategy for such areas to prevent wetland loss over the coming decades. Howeve...
Kula, Ewa Wróblewski, Zbigniew Starościc, Anna
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Environmental management
Environmental conflicts involve many participants in the social life: citizens, foresters, the media, activists, politicians, officials and scientists. In this paper we pay special attention to scientists who provide the others with expert knowledge and proposals for solutions to ecological problems. Using the example of the ecological conflict aro...
Figuerola-Ferrando, Laura Linares, Cristina Zentner, Yanis López-Sendino, Paula Garrabou, Joaquim
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Environmental management
Marine Citizen Science (MCS) has emerged as a promising tool to enhance conservation efforts. Although the quality of volunteer data has been questioned, the design of specific protocols, effective training programs, and data validation by experts have enabled us to overcome these quality concerns, thus ensuring data reliability. Here, we validated...
Lorenzetti, Lorenza Alexandra Fiorini, Andrea
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Environmental management
The rationale of this study originates from the primary sector's multiple roles in the global warming issue. Agriculture is reported among the main causes of anthropogenic global warming. At the same time, it is profoundly impacted by climate change and concurrently holds potential as a solution through the sequestration of soil organic carbon (SOC...
Sam, Kabari Zibima, Tubodenyefa
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Environmental management
Greater involvement of women is globally believed to enhance environmental management outcomes. Despite being disproportionately affected by environmental degradation primarily caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, women in the region are often excluded in environmental decision-making processes. Women involved in farming and f...
Shah, Prerna Yang, Janet Z
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Environmental management
The waste problem in the U.S. has only intensified in recent years, first due to China's National Sword Policy and then to the COVID-19 pandemic. One solution to this problem is to encourage people to adopt pro-environmental behaviors such as opting for reusables and products with plastic-free alternate packaging. In this study, we employ the value...