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Title
Looking forward, not backward in considering the needs for social science in wildlife management
Author(s)
Manfredo, Michael J.;Sullivan, Leeann;Salerno, Jonathan;Berger, Joel
Published
2020
Publisher
BioScience
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa054
Abstract
Our most pressing issues—climate change, rapid loss of biodiversity, illegal wildlife trade, zoonotic spillover, eroding ecosystem services, etc.—all point to the need to affect human behavioral change and cultural practice. In contrast to Williams's claim about social science representation in conservation, Bennett and colleagues (2017, p. 94) state “among many conservation scientists and practitioners, there remains a lack of awareness about the social sciences, including the different disciplines, objectives, methods and outputs” that may help us solve these challenges. If we are to meet the big challenges in conservation generally—and wildlife management specifically—we must call on social science, in all its forms, now more than ever.
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