Social perceptions of carnivores across the globe – a literature review
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T1 - Social perceptions of carnivores across the globe – a literature review
AU - Newsom, Amy
AU - Lozano, Jorge
AU - Martín-López, Berta
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2025/2/9
Y1 - 2025/2/9
N2 - To explore the factors underpinning human?carnivore relations, we reviewed 146 scientific publications recording associations of 34 socio-economic, actor-related, and species-related variables with people?s views on the beneficial and detrimental contributions of carnivorous terrestrial mammals to people. The associations with respective variables were coded as positive, negative, not significant, or mixed. They were then compared between geographic regions and carnivore families in a descriptive analysis and tested for significant differences among regions and carnivore families. The results indicate a pattern of associations that differs more strongly between regions than between carnivore families. This suggests that personal and societal aspects such as individuals? personal beliefs and socio-economic situation have a stronger impact on their view of carnivores than animals? biological characteristics. Consequently, we identify leverage point realms to improve human?carnivore relations, in particular re-connecting humans to nature and re-structuring institutions to improve carnivore management.
AB - To explore the factors underpinning human?carnivore relations, we reviewed 146 scientific publications recording associations of 34 socio-economic, actor-related, and species-related variables with people?s views on the beneficial and detrimental contributions of carnivorous terrestrial mammals to people. The associations with respective variables were coded as positive, negative, not significant, or mixed. They were then compared between geographic regions and carnivore families in a descriptive analysis and tested for significant differences among regions and carnivore families. The results indicate a pattern of associations that differs more strongly between regions than between carnivore families. This suggests that personal and societal aspects such as individuals? personal beliefs and socio-economic situation have a stronger impact on their view of carnivores than animals? biological characteristics. Consequently, we identify leverage point realms to improve human?carnivore relations, in particular re-connecting humans to nature and re-structuring institutions to improve carnivore management.
KW - Sustainability Governance
KW - Human-wildlife conflict
KW - human-carnivore interactions
KW - human-wildlife coexistence
KW - Nature's contributions to people
KW - perception of nature
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85217401760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10871209.2025.2459733
DO - 10.1080/10871209.2025.2459733
M3 - Journal articles
JO - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
JF - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
SN - 1087-1209
ER -