Session Chair: Viviana Albarracín Dávalos
LBSC06 – Unravelling the black box of stakeholder in interaction in participatory process: A methodological approach focusing on bear-smart communities
Participatory processes, like Bear-Smart Communities (BSCs), have been supported by LIFE projects to offer the opportunity for sustained stakeholder engagement and interaction. However, monitoring stakeholder interaction in such processes has […]
OR18 – Brown Bear Attacks on Humans in Trentino, the Italian Alps
Claudio Groff, Giulia Bombieri, Alessandro Brugnoli The Italian Central Alps host a genetically isolated population of brown bears. After the species was considered functionally extinct in the 1990s a reintroduction […]
OR24 – Black Bears on the Navajo Nation: Ecology, Culture, and Community Perspectives
Deandra Jones, Michael Bogan, Javan Bauder The Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife identified the American black bear (Ursus americanus) as a priority species due to increasing human-bear conflict […]
OR25 – What makes a habitat a home? Social-ecological suitability of grizzly bear reintroduction in the North Cascades Ecosystem
Danny Kosiba, Alex McInturff Bear reintroduction has become a critical conservation strategy for many recovering species, but it has met with mixed success. While ecological models of habitat suitability have […]
OR53 – Perceiving bear risks: Incorporating community dynamics into conservation planning
Yue Yu, Neil Carter Human risk perception of living alongside large carnivores strongly influences attitudes toward these animals, yet most studies fail to link these perceptions to conservation decision-making. What […]