It has long been claimed that a better understanding of human or social dimensions of
environmental issues will improve conservation. The social sciences are one important means …

Conservation success is often predicated on local support for conservation which is strongly
influenced by perceptions of the impacts that are experienced by local communities and …

There has been increasing attention to and investment in local environmental stewardship
in conservation and environmental management policies and programs globally. Yet …

The term “ocean grabbing” has been used to describe actions, policies or initiatives that
deprive small-scale fishers of resources, dispossess vulnerable populations of coastal lands, …

Social exchange (P. Blau, 1964) and the norm of reciprocity (AW Gouldner, 1960) have
been used to explain the relationship of perceived organizational support and leader–member …

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world with extensive social and
economic effects. This editorial focuses specifically on the implications of the pandemic for small…

The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of
management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move …

The oceans are increasingly viewed as a new frontier for economic development. Yet, as
companies and governments race to capitalize on marine resources, substantial risks can arise …

Despite broad recognition of the value of social sciences and increasingly vocal calls for
better engagement with the human element of conservation, the conservation social sciences …

Discusses how current goodness-of-fit indices fail to assess parsimony and hence
disconfirmability of a model and are insensitive to misspecifications of causal relations (a) among …