Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence

Cohabiting with large carnivores does not necessarily equate to coexistence. In human-dominated landscapes, an effective coexistence is necessary to ensure long-term viable and sustainable conditions for large carnivores and humans, respectively. To better understand how cohabitation may develop tow...

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Autores: Glikman, Jenny A., Frank, Beatrice, D'Amico, Daniela, Boitani, Luigi, Ciucci, Paolo
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Attitudes
Brown bear
Human-wildlife conflict
Italy
National park
Stakeholders
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
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spelling Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistenceGlikman, Jenny A.Frank, BeatriceD'Amico, DanielaBoitani, LuigiCiucci, PaoloAttitudesBrown bearHuman-wildlife conflictItalyNational parkStakeholdershttp://metadata.un.org/sdg/15Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity lossCohabiting with large carnivores does not necessarily equate to coexistence. In human-dominated landscapes, an effective coexistence is necessary to ensure long-term viable and sustainable conditions for large carnivores and humans, respectively. To better understand how cohabitation may develop toward coexistence, we used some of the cognitive hierarchy constructs to compare (n = 196 questionnaires) stakeholders’ attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions, and their insights for bear conservation in a historical stronghold of the autochthonous and imperiled Apennine brown bear (central Italy). For all stakeholder groups, responses indicated positive attitudes toward bears, yet the strength of agreement between respondents varied. Specifically, attitudinal differences were from positive (shepherds and hunters) to strongly positive (foresters, rangers and hotel owners). There was a low willingness of hunters and shepherds to modify their practices to reduce potential negative impact on bears’ survival and behavior. By highlighting the disconnection between holding positive attitudes and undertaking positive behaviors, we discuss ways to encourage solid engagement and participatory decision processes for effective coexistence.Funds for this project were provided by a private U.S. donor through the Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, USA). We are indebted to Dr. Alistair Bath for his contribution in the designing the questionnaire and supporting the leading author in writing the official report for the project. We would like to thank the park rangers (GP), the forest guards (CFS), the hotel owners (HO), shepherds and hunters who answered the questionnaire for this studyPeer reviewedElsevierWildlife Conservation Society0000-0002-0208-5488Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/363030https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85163517957reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésJournal for Nature Conservationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126421Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3630302026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
title Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
spellingShingle Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
Glikman, Jenny A.
Attitudes
Brown bear
Human-wildlife conflict
Italy
National park
Stakeholders
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
title_short Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
title_full Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
title_fullStr Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
title_full_unstemmed Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
title_sort Sharing land with bears: Insights toward effective coexistence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Glikman, Jenny A.
Frank, Beatrice
D'Amico, Daniela
Boitani, Luigi
Ciucci, Paolo
author Glikman, Jenny A.
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Frank, Beatrice
D'Amico, Daniela
Boitani, Luigi
Ciucci, Paolo
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D'Amico, Daniela
Boitani, Luigi
Ciucci, Paolo
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author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Wildlife Conservation Society
0000-0002-0208-5488
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Attitudes
Brown bear
Human-wildlife conflict
Italy
National park
Stakeholders
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
topic Attitudes
Brown bear
Human-wildlife conflict
Italy
National park
Stakeholders
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
description Cohabiting with large carnivores does not necessarily equate to coexistence. In human-dominated landscapes, an effective coexistence is necessary to ensure long-term viable and sustainable conditions for large carnivores and humans, respectively. To better understand how cohabitation may develop toward coexistence, we used some of the cognitive hierarchy constructs to compare (n = 196 questionnaires) stakeholders’ attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions, and their insights for bear conservation in a historical stronghold of the autochthonous and imperiled Apennine brown bear (central Italy). For all stakeholder groups, responses indicated positive attitudes toward bears, yet the strength of agreement between respondents varied. Specifically, attitudinal differences were from positive (shepherds and hunters) to strongly positive (foresters, rangers and hotel owners). There was a low willingness of hunters and shepherds to modify their practices to reduce potential negative impact on bears’ survival and behavior. By highlighting the disconnection between holding positive attitudes and undertaking positive behaviors, we discuss ways to encourage solid engagement and participatory decision processes for effective coexistence.
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