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View article: Environmental crimes are overlooked in global enforcement: an analysis of Interpol Red Notices
Environmental crimes are overlooked in global enforcement: an analysis of Interpol Red Notices Open
Tackling environmental crime is an international priority, as stated by many individual nations and by multinational organizations such as Europol. Quantifiable evidence to highlight efforts to address environmental crimes, however, remain…
View article: Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation
Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation Open
Collaborations between biodiversity conservation and the arts can lead to synergies and fresh approaches to intractable problems. These collaborations can yield diverse mutual benefits, such as offering reciprocal sources of inspiration, i…
View article: Language, economic and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap
Language, economic and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap Open
Scientific communities need to understand and eliminate barriers that prevent people with diverse backgrounds from contributing to and participating in science. However, the combined impact of individuals’ linguistic, economic, and gender …
View article: Measuring impact of digital conservation campaigns using culturomics
Measuring impact of digital conservation campaigns using culturomics Open
Conservation campaigns via digital media are becoming increasingly popular amongst conservationists. However, effectively measuring their impacts remains a challenge, and campaign effectiveness often goes unmeasured. Conservation culturomi…
View article: Synthetic Substitutes as a Conservation Tool: Evaluating Synthetic Leopard Fur for Demand Reduction and Species Recovery
Synthetic Substitutes as a Conservation Tool: Evaluating Synthetic Leopard Fur for Demand Reduction and Species Recovery Open
Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether such product substitution interventions effectivel…
View article: The value of qualitative approaches to impact evaluation in biodiversity conservation
The value of qualitative approaches to impact evaluation in biodiversity conservation Open
To evaluate impact, conservation practitioners and researchers can pursue different approaches and draw on an array of methods. Although the suitability of specific impact evaluation methodologies varies depending on context, quantitative …
View article: Professional sport organizations as potential champions of biodiversity conservation
Professional sport organizations as potential champions of biodiversity conservation Open
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View article: Designing and evaluating an intervention to reduce demand for bear bile in Cambodia
Designing and evaluating an intervention to reduce demand for bear bile in Cambodia Open
The unsustainable consumption of bear bile for traditional medicinal purposes threatens bear populations across Southeast Asia. We designed, implemented and evaluated a behavior change intervention promoting biochemical medicine as an alte…
View article: Financing options for the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N): Factsheets on public, private, and blended financial support options for TEN-N and recommendations for each case study
Financing options for the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N): Factsheets on public, private, and blended financial support options for TEN-N and recommendations for each case study Open
This factsheet series describes the available sources of funding for the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N) and characterises their relevance to the costs involved in setting up the network. Each factsheet outlines the relative strength…
View article: Banning Wildlife Trade Can Boost the Unregulated Trade of Threatened Species
Banning Wildlife Trade Can Boost the Unregulated Trade of Threatened Species Open
Banning wildlife trade is an immediate measure to protect species from overexploitation. Yet, regulations on the harvest and use of natural resources might have unintended side effects beyond the policy goals. Few causal inference studies …
View article: A Qualitative Impact Evaluation Method for Conservation: How Feathers Fell Out of Fashion
A Qualitative Impact Evaluation Method for Conservation: How Feathers Fell Out of Fashion Open
1.Robust methods of project impact evaluation are lacking in a conservation context. These are needed to highlight which efforts were proven effective and where to focus future efforts. Impact evaluations need to be contextually relevant; …
View article: Environmental crimes are overlooked in global enforcement: An analysis of Interpol Red Notices
Environmental crimes are overlooked in global enforcement: An analysis of Interpol Red Notices Open
The under-prioritisation of environmental crimes compared to other crime types is a well-quoted issue of environmental crime enforcement. However, evidence backing this sentiment is low. Here, we use a publicly available database of the la…
View article: Applying segmentation to inform demand reduction interventions for pangolins in Guangdong Province, China
Applying segmentation to inform demand reduction interventions for pangolins in Guangdong Province, China Open
Reducing demand for wildlife products from threatened species requires an in-depth understanding of consumers. Pangolins (Manidae spp.) may benefit from reduced consumer demand in Asia, yet there is a dearth of information about pangolin c…
View article: Language, economic, and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap
Language, economic, and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap Open
Scientific communities need to understand and eliminate barriers that prevent scientists from reaching their full potential. However, the combined impact of individuals’ linguistic, economic, and gender backgrounds on their scientific prod…
View article: Review and synthesis of best practices in governance and land-use policies to implement TEN-N
Review and synthesis of best practices in governance and land-use policies to implement TEN-N Open
The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss besides other through the creation of the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N). This report, part of the NaturaConnect project, presents a comprehensive revi…
View article: Using digital mobile games to increase the support for nature conservation
Using digital mobile games to increase the support for nature conservation Open
Digital games are an increasingly dominant form of digital entertainment with billions of players globally. While most of these games have a commercial focus, fields like public health and education have seen a growth of “serious games,” w…
View article: Assessing the risk of overexploitation to a tarantula species in the pet trade
Assessing the risk of overexploitation to a tarantula species in the pet trade Open
The global pet trade in invertebrates remains poorly understood and underrepresented in policy and research. Tarantulas are a highly traded invertebrate group. Many individuals in trade are wild caught, and trade regulation is often lackin…
View article: Understanding author choices in the current conservation publishing landscape
Understanding author choices in the current conservation publishing landscape Open
Conservation literature addresses a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary questions and benefits. Conservation science benefits most when a diverse range of authors are represented, particularly those from countries where much conservation w…
View article: Changing Human Behavior to Conserve Biodiversity
Changing Human Behavior to Conserve Biodiversity Open
Conservation of biodiversity is above all else an exercise in human persuasion. Human behavior drives all substantive threats to biodiversity; therefore, influencing it is the only path to mitigating the current extinction crisis. We revie…
View article: From media campaign to local governance transition: Lessons for community‐based conservation from an <scp>Amur</scp> falcon hunting ban in <scp>Nagaland</scp> , <scp>India</scp>
From media campaign to local governance transition: Lessons for community‐based conservation from an <span>Amur</span> falcon hunting ban in <span>Nagaland</span> , <span>India</span> Open
Media campaigns can spur conservation action but may alienate local communities. Transforming such action into self‐sustaining community‐based conservation involves effective governance that rapidly integrates knowledge of resource dynamic…
View article: Testing an intervention codesigned with stakeholders for altering wildlife consumption: Health messaging matters
Testing an intervention codesigned with stakeholders for altering wildlife consumption: Health messaging matters Open
Consumer behavior change is a key priority to address the illegal wildlife trade, but evaluation of these interventions is lacking. We used surveys and randomized controlled trials to assess the effectiveness of three types of messages, wh…
View article: Designing celebrity‐endorsed behavioral interventions in conservation
Designing celebrity‐endorsed behavioral interventions in conservation Open
The use of celebrity endorsement in environmental conservation interventions aiming to influence human behavior has increased in recent decades. Although good practice in designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral interventions is …
View article: Correction: The effectiveness and efficiency of using normative messages to reduce waste: A real world experiment
Correction: The effectiveness and efficiency of using normative messages to reduce waste: A real world experiment Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261734.].
View article: Automating the Analysis of Public Saliency and Attitudes towards Biodiversity from Digital Media
Automating the Analysis of Public Saliency and Attitudes towards Biodiversity from Digital Media Open
Measuring public attitudes toward wildlife provides crucial insights into our relationship with nature and helps monitor progress toward Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Yet, conducting such assessments at a global scale is challengi…
View article: The Elephant Queen: Can a nature documentary help to increase tolerance towards elephants?
The Elephant Queen: Can a nature documentary help to increase tolerance towards elephants? Open
Conflict between humans and elephants is one of the more complex examples of human‐wildlife conflict, a key challenge for wildlife conservation. While interventions exist to separate humans from elephants, few exist aimed at bringing the t…
View article: Using photo editing to understand the impact of species aesthetics on support for conservation
Using photo editing to understand the impact of species aesthetics on support for conservation Open
Many threatened species suffer from a lack of conservation attention compared to others. Prioritisation of funding, research and conservation efforts seem to be driven by reasons beyond conservation need. This could be due to a ‘beauty bia…