All Outputs (16)

Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Webber, A., Jones, V., McEwen, L., Deave, T., Gorell Barnes, L., Williams, S., …Gopinath, D. (in press). Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK. Children's Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2024.2315153

Children’s sense of place is important for wellbeing, development and belonging in a community or place. The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic – Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery) project used creative methods and repeat engagement t... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK.

In conversation with M.G.Leanord (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Webber, A. (in press). In conversation with M.G.Leanord. Primary Science,

Verity Jones and Amanda Webber caught up with M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy, to talk about why getting the science right in children’s fiction is so important and how this book might inspire an interest in understanding and protecting insects. Read More about In conversation with M.G.Leanord.

The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, S., McEwen, L. J., Gorell Barnes, L., Deave, T., Webber, A., Jones, V., …Hobbs, L. (2023). The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19. Children & Society, 37(5), 1356-1375. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12767

This paper offers a new child-centred methodology that explores children's visions of their futures, encourages self-reflection and depth and shares children's voices with peers and researchers, as unbrokered as possible. This final stage of a longit... Read More about The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19.

Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats (2023)
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Jones, V., McEwen, L., Webber, A., Williams, S., Deave, T., Hobbs, L., …Gorell Barnes, L. (2023). Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats. Primary Science, 7-9

In this article, the Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery (VIP- CLEAR) team talk about the research they have undertaken in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the voices of children need to be listened t... Read More about Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats.

Animal-visitor interactions in semi-contrived tourism settings: A study of ‘meet & greets’ in UK zoos (2022)
Journal Article
Doodson, P., Melfi, V., Webber, A. D., & Dumbell, L. (in press). Animal-visitor interactions in semi-contrived tourism settings: A study of ‘meet & greets’ in UK zoos. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2137651

Animal-visitor interactions are common in captive-wildlife tourism settings, but there is a lack of research exploring what is on offer. This study defines and examines ‘Meet & Greet’ animal experiences in UK zoos within the context of the wider wild... Read More about Animal-visitor interactions in semi-contrived tourism settings: A study of ‘meet & greets’ in UK zoos.

Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission (2022)
Journal Article
Nuno, A., Chesney, C., Wellbelove, M., Bersacola, E., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Leendertz, F., …Hockings, K. J. (2022). Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission. People and Nature, 4(5), 1387-1400. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10396

The emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, impacts livelihood strategies and conservation tools reliant on human-wildlife interactions, such as wildlife-based tourism and research. This is particularly relevant to great ape conservation,... Read More about Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission.

Failure is the greatest teacher: Embracing the positives of failure in primate conservation (2022)
Journal Article
Webber, A., Cotton, S., & McCabe, G. (2023). Failure is the greatest teacher: Embracing the positives of failure in primate conservation. International Journal of Primatology, 43, 1095–1109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00296-w

“Failure” is recognised as being vital for success in many fields but is seldom embraced in primate conservation or conservation more generally. In this paper, we use examples from the literature, particularly around reintroduction, to reflect on fai... Read More about Failure is the greatest teacher: Embracing the positives of failure in primate conservation.

Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery (2022)
Journal Article
Williams, S., Webber, A. D., McEwen, L. J., Gorell Barnes, L., Deave, T., Gopinath, D., …Fogg-Rogers, L. (2022). Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery. SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529601602

The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic—Children’s Lockdown Experience Applied to Recovery) project aims to explore younger children’s experiences of lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to inform their recovery and resilience to future social s... Read More about Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery.

Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management (2021)
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Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., …Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), Article e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence‐based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. 2. If, as educators, we do no... Read More about Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management.

The ebb and flow of adaptive co-management: A longitudinal evaluation of a conservation conflict (2020)
Journal Article
Cox, T. R., Butler, J. R., Webber, A. D., & Young, J. C. (2020). The ebb and flow of adaptive co-management: A longitudinal evaluation of a conservation conflict. Environmental Science and Policy, 114, 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.017

Adaptive co-management (ACM) is an emerging approach to the governance of social-ecological systems, but there are few long-term assessments of its efficacy. This is especially true in conservation conflicts, where ACM can mitigate disputes between p... Read More about The ebb and flow of adaptive co-management: A longitudinal evaluation of a conservation conflict.

The impact of the “World's 25 Most Endangered Primates” list on scientific publications and media (2020)
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Acerbi, A., Kerhoas, D., Webber, A. D., McCabe, G., Mittermeier, R. A., & Schwitzer, C. (2020). The impact of the “World's 25 Most Endangered Primates” list on scientific publications and media. Journal for Nature Conservation, 54, 125794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125794

Assessing the impact of conservation campaigns is of critical importance to optimise the use of limited resources. Lists of threatened species are often employed as media outreach tools, but their usefulness is rarely tested. We investigated whether... Read More about The impact of the “World's 25 Most Endangered Primates” list on scientific publications and media.

Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar (2019)
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Webber, A. D., Solofondranohatra, J. S., Razafindramoana, S., Fernandez, D., Parker, C. A., Steer, M., …Allainguillaume, J. (in press). Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica, 91(2), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1159/000501987

© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel. The recognition that much biodiversity exists outside protected areas is driving research to understand how animals survive in anthropogenic landscapes. In Madagascar, cacao (Theobroma cacao) is grown under a mix of native... Read More about Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar.

Quantity does not always mean quality: The importance of qualitative social science in conservation research (2017)
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Rust, N. A., Abrams, A., Challender, D. W. S., Chapron, G., Ghoddousi, A., Glikman, J. A., …Hill, C. M. (2017). Quantity does not always mean quality: The importance of qualitative social science in conservation research. Society and Natural Resources, 30(10), 1304-1310. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2017.1333661

Qualitative methods are important to gain a deep understanding of complex problems and poorly researched areas. They can be particularly useful to help explain underlying conservation problems. However, the significance in choosing and justifying app... Read More about Quantity does not always mean quality: The importance of qualitative social science in conservation research.

Using Participatory Risk Mapping (PRM) to identify and understand people's perceptions of crop loss to animals in uganda (2014)
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Webber, A. D., & Hill, C. M. (2014). Using Participatory Risk Mapping (PRM) to identify and understand people's perceptions of crop loss to animals in uganda. PLoS ONE, 9(7), e102912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102912

Considering how people perceive risks to their livelihoods from local wildlife is central to (i) understanding the impact of crop damage by animals on local people and (ii) recognising how this influences their interactions with, and attitudes toward... Read More about Using Participatory Risk Mapping (PRM) to identify and understand people's perceptions of crop loss to animals in uganda.

Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios (2010)
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Hill, C. M., & Webber, A. D. (2010). Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios. American Journal of Primatology, 72(10), 919-924. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20845

Nonhuman primates (referred to as primates in this study) are sometimes revered as gods, abhorred as evil spirits, killed for food because they damage crops, or butchered for sport. Primates' perceived similarity to humans places them in an anomalous... Read More about Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios.

Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda (2007)
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Webber, A. D., Hill, C. M., & Reynolds, V. (2007). Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. Oryx, 41(2), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605307001792

Primate crop raiding is a major cause of human-wildlife conflict around the forests of western Uganda. In an attempt to ameliorate the situation a conflict mitigation strategy was established in villages around the Budongo Forest Reserve in 2001. Liv... Read More about Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.