People and Nature

Papers
(The median citation count of People and Nature is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Describing viewpoints on human‐nature relationships to unveil socio‐environmental conflicts and support community‐based projects76
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Food for flower‐visiting insects: Appreciating common native wild flowering plants51
Pathways to subsistence management in Alaska national parks: Perspectives of harvesters and agency staff50
Disentangling the complexity of human–nature interactions46
Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes46
Caretaking, accomplishment and connection to nature: The ‘gardening triad’ and its role in new community gardeners' engagement, and social and emotional well‐being45
‘Nature of the year’ in Germany: An effective policy to raise public awareness?38
Compassion and the perceived rarity of plants can increase plant appreciation37
Common approaches to introduced species management face widespread acceptance problems in the United States35
The Swedish green infrastructure policy as a policy assemblage: What does it do for biodiversity conservation?35
More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore35
What factors affect the ‘flocking’ of birdwatchers during bird rarity observations?35
‘On the mountain, the world is still all right’: Nature connections in context and the Covid journey of young adults in Austria34
Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools32
Assessing the political vulnerability of National Parks in sub‐Saharan Africa using data on digital trends and engagement31
Thinking with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to expand ideas on domestication31
Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation31
Nature relatedness: A protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias30
The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): Protocol for a panel study30
Effects of COVID‐19 lockdown restrictions on parents' attitudes towards green space and time spent outside by children in Cambridgeshire and North London, United Kingdom30
The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs30
Enhancing child–nature interactions through design: An empirical study of the emotions, perspectives and experiences of nature among South Korea's urban Generation Alpha children30
Large‐scale human celebrations increase global light pollution29
Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature28
If you build it, they will come: Coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas28
Guiding principles for transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice28
What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large‐scale text data28
Individual traits are associated with pro‐environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences27
Gardening for wildlife: A mixed‐methods exploration of the factors underlying engagement in wildlife‐friendly gardening27
The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers27
The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place‐based human well‐being27
Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests27
Sustaining land and people over time: Relationships with successor landowners on conservation easements26
TheCBDPost‐2020 biodiversity framework: People's place within the rest of nature26
Disentangling global market drivers for cephalopods to foster transformations towards sustainable seafood systems25
Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design25
Rewilding—The farmers’ perspective. Perceptions and attitudinal support for rewilding among the English farming community25
‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia25
Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social–ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation25
Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan24
Role of science and scientists in public environmental policy debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations24
Nature interactions and their associations with connection to nature and well‐being varies between different types of green spaces23
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Who must adapt to whom? Contested discourses on human–wolf coexistence and their impact on policy in Spain23
River rhythmicity: A conceptual means of understanding and leveraging the relational values of rivers23
Behavioural responses of Bonelli's eagles to human disturbances: Assessing the effect on reproduction and suggested mitigating measures23
Disconnection from nature: Expanding our understanding of human–nature relations23
Waterfront property owners' shoreline preferences amid salt marsh to mangrove transitions22
Fascinating and favourable to most, but also frustrating and fearful to some: A study of Danish citizens' perception of trophic rewilding22
Can we model cultural ecosystem services, and are we measuring the right things?22
Characterizing social and ecological values expressed in US Forest Service public comments using a computational approach22
Redefining climate change maladaptation using a values‐based approach in forests21
Disturbance ecology in human societies21
Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria‐Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem‐Djim National Park, central Cameroon21
Perceptions, preferences and barriers: A qualitative study of greenspace and under‐representation in Leeds, UK21
Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: Unveiling reciprocal contributions21
Three reasons why expanded use of natural enemy solutions may offer sustainable control of human infections21
Wildlife farming: Balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade20
Drawing on local knowledge and attitudes for the conservation of critically endangered rhino rays in Goa, India20
Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change20
The Facilitating Act Framework: A new insight into cultural ecosystem services through investigating women, wild swimming and community20
Sensing, feeling, thinking: Relating to nature with the body, heart and mind20
Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro19
The role of gender and ethnicity in perceived public support and sense of belonging among resource management professionals in Oregon and Washington, USA19
Addressing fraudulent responses in online surveys: Insights from a web‐based participatory mapping study19
UK wildlife recorders cautiously welcome range‐shifting species but incline against intervention to promote or control their establishment19
Correction to: Building better conservation media for primates and people: A case study of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation YouTube videos19
Biophobia: What it is, how it works and why it matters19
Cultural worldviews consistently explain bundles of ecosystem service prioritisation across rural Germany19
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What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees19
Ethical considerations for conservation messaging research and practice18
Exploring integrated ArtScience experiences to foster nature connectedness through head, heart and hand18
Unpacking the interface of modernization, development and sustainability in Indigenous Guna communities of Panama18
A review of the phenomenology, aetiology and treatment of animal phobia and insights for biophobia18
Transdisciplinary pathways for wildlife conservation: A method for navigating socio‐ecological systems on private lands18
Outdoor adventure education as a platform for developing environmental leadership18
The Elephant Queen: Can a nature documentary help to increase tolerance towards elephants?17
Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture17
Navigating human‐nature interactions by exploring plural values across ecosystem states17
Do you have a tree friend?—Human–tree relationships in Finland17
Boundary spanners: An Australian First Nations perspective17
Pluralizing environmental values for urban planning: How to uncover the diversity of imaginaries about socio‐natures from Vitoria‐Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain)17
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The socio‐ecological niche16
Spatial restrictions hinder avoidance of choke species in an Indigenous rights‐based fishery16
Reconnecting children to nature: The efficacy of a wildlife intervention depends on local nature and socio‐economic context, but not on urbanisation16
The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula16
The road to integrate climate change projections with regional land‐use–biodiversity models16
The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing16
Applying a co‐design approach with key stakeholders to design interventions to reduce illegal wildlife consumption16
Practitioner approaches to trade‐off decision‐making in marine conservation development15
What are the links between tree‐based farming and dietary quality for rural households? A review of emerging evidence in low‐ and middle‐income countries15
What informs human–nature connection? An exploration of factors in the context of urban park visitors and wildlife15
Citizen science promotes knowledge, skills and collective action to monitor and protect freshwater streams15
Mainstreaming the Environment: Exploring pathways and narratives to improve policy and decision‐making15
Landscape‐as‐governance: Exploring agency, embodied sensing and decision preferences15
How previous experiences shape actors' current perspectives in integrated natural resource management15
Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal15
Nature connection in adulthood: The role of childhood nature experiences15
Threatening stimuli have differential effects on movement preparation and execution—A study on snake fear15
The relation between biodiversity in literature and social and spatial situation of authors: Reflections on the nature–culture entanglement15
Exploring the relationship between plural values of nature, human well‐being, and conservation and development intervention: Why it matters and how to do it?14
‘Sense of place’ and conservation: Toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness14
Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality14
Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation14
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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve14
A mixed‐methods assessment of human‐elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana14
How stable are visions for protected area management? Stakeholder perspectives before and during a pandemic13
Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites13
Lake‐related ecosystem services facing social–ecological risks13
Eager about beavers? Understanding opposition to species reintroduction, and its implications for conservation13
Not just having fun: Experiential‐learning–based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China13
Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: Implications for sustainability13
Human–nature connectedness and sustainability across lifetimes: A comparative cross‐sectional study in France and Colombia13
Words are monuments: Patterns in US national park place names perpetuate settler colonial mythologies including white supremacy13
Harnessing generative artificial intelligence to support nature‐based solutions13
Human–wildlife coexistence on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: The correlation between Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and avian community composition12
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Exploring the role of identity, the other and negative attributions in conflict about biodiversity valuation12
The multiple values of nature show the lack of a coherent theory of value—In any context12
Empirical examples demonstrate how relational thinking might enrich science and practice12
‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection12
Relational values of forests: Value‐conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi12
Risky conclusions regarding shrinking rhino horns11
The Steller's Sea‐Eagle in North America: An economic assessment of birdwatchers travelling to see a vagrant raptor11
Making the UN Ocean Decade work? The potential for, and challenges of, transdisciplinary research and real‐world laboratories for building towards ocean solutions11
Co‐production of nature's contributions to people: What evidence is out there?11
Social mechanics of gifting bear bile in Việt Nam11
Living with rodent pests: Unifying stakeholder interests to prioritise pest management in rural Madagascar11
Co‐production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms11
Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape11
Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia11
Interpreting the mammal deposits of Cloggs Cave (SEAustralia),GunaiKurnaiAboriginal Country, through community‐led partnership research11
The relational nature of citizen science11
Empirical research review on Solastalgia: Place, people and policy pathways for addressing environmental distress11
Non‐material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania11
Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil10
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Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change10
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The relevance of traditional knowledge for modern landscape management: Comparing past and current herding practices in Mongolia10
Urban park soundscapes: Spatial and social factors influencing bird and traffic sound experiences10
Exploring a process‐relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science10
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Behavioural and physiological responses of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) to human‐induced mortality in anthropogenically modified habitat10
Long‐term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia10
Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America10
Protected areas and the neglected contribution of Indigenous Peoples and local communities: Struggles for environmental justice in the Caatinga dry forest10
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Performing authenticity: The making‐of documentary in wildlife film's blue‐chip renaissance9
Using gross ecosystem product to harmonize biodiversity conservation and economic development in Southwestern China9
Connecting resonance theory with social‐ecological thinking: Conceptualizing self‐world relationships in the context of sustainability transformations9
Understanding consumers to inform market interventions for Singapore's shark fin trade9
How to increase nature connectedness? Effectiveness and mechanisms of a gratitude journal intervention9
A cultural ecosystem service perspective on the interactions between humans and soils in gardens9
Reciprocal contributions in marine Indigenous stewardship: The case of Haida abalone gathering9
Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics9
Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat9
Stress of spatial orientation of floating populations into Tibet on fragile ecosystem—Using geo‐tagged big data9
Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society9
Governance characteristics and feelings of safety are associated with attitudinal success in community‐based natural resource management & conservation organizations in northern Kenya9
Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch9
The roles of humans and apex predators in sustaining ecosystem structure and function: Contrast, complementarity and coexistence8
Species diversity enhances perceptions of urban coastlines at multiple scales8
Araucaria bidwillii genomics suggest Indigenous Peoples broadened translocation practices in response to settler colonialism8
Sharing Indigenous values, practices and priorities as guidance for transforming human–environment relationships8
In defence of urban community gardens8
Human–nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity: Insights from Indigenous and local knowledge systems8
Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa8
An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management8
Trees and water: A survey of the perception and decisions of landowners in New Zealand8
Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions8
ShadeTreeAdvice methodology: Guiding tree‐species selection using local knowledge8
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Principal sensory experiences of forest visitors in four countries, for evidence‐based nature therapy8
Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits8
Natural riparian vegetation as corridors to promote bee diversity and pollination services in an urban landscape8
Perceptions of nature's contributions to people across an elevational gradient in eastern Nepal8
Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement8
Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social‐ecological systems8
A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation8
Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision‐making around nature: The case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe8
Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being8
Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar8
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Gardens as drivers of native plant species dispersal and conservation7
Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape7
Response to ‘Risky conclusions regarding shrinking rhino horns’: Clarification on a statistically determined reduction of relative horn length in five species of rhinoceros since 18857
Quantifying unintended effects of an agroecological research project on farmers' practices and social network in Papua New Guinea7
‘I owe it to the animals’: The bidirectionality of Swiss alpine farmers' relational values7
Allotments for all? Social–environmental values of urban gardens for gardeners and the public in cities: The example of Berlin, Germany7
What do stakeholders understand of the links between diet and terrestrial biodiversity loss? A systematic review of the literature7
The Work that Work does: How intrinsic and instrumental values are transformed into relational values through active work participation in Swiss community supported agriculture7
Research on the benefits of nature to people: How much overlap is there in citations and terms for ‘nature’ across disciplines?7
Rethinking the good life amid the ecological crisis: The interplay between eco‐anxiety, nature connection and well‐being7
A meta‐analysis of SES framework case studies: Identifying dyad and triad archetypes7
The viewer doesn't always seem to care—response to fake animal rescues on YouTube and implications for social media self‐policing policies7
The searchscape of fear: A global analysis of internet search trends for biophobias7
Identifying links between the biodiversity impacts and monetary costs of alien birds7
The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: An overlooked risk for human, livestock and wildlife health7
How do we study resilience? A systematic review7
Building a macrosystems ecology framework to identify links between environmental and human health: A random forest modelling approach7
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On the tail of two species: The changing place of the peregrine falcon in society6
Gugwilx'ya'ansk and goats: Indigenous perspectives on governance, stewardship and relationality in mountain goat (mati) hunting in Gitga'at territory6
How are nature exposures and nature connectedness related to well‐being and environmentalism in the population of England?6
Weaving values, knowledge and context to care for human–nature relationships in protected areas6
Inclusive approaches for cumulative effects assessments6
Beyond proximity: A review and framework to further understanding of greenspace accessibility in the x‐minute city6
Combining visual and linguistic methods to cultivate and communicate river meanings with young children6
Coastal fisheries adaptations to increasing climate change exposure in Japan6
Indigenous knowledge‐bridging to support ecological stewardship in Canada and Tanzania6
Opportunities for and barriers to anticipatory governance of two lake social–ecological systems in Germany and Canada6
Primary producers' positions towards bears and bear conservation: Insights for human–bear coexistence6
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Confronting forest‐dweller local ecological knowledge and environmental DNA measurements of biodiversity6
Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Local knowledge and relational values of Midwestern woody perennial polyculture farmers can inform tree‐crop policies6
Commons are cared for: Coexistence between humans and wild birds on the island of Kihnu, Estonia6
A path to human‐raccoon dog harmony: Identifying factors influencing the tolerance of urban residents in Shanghai towards a neglected species6
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Using a futures orientation to enable adaptation of protected areas under climate change6
Greenery hypothesis: An evolutionary explanation for why presence/absence of green affects humans6
Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape6
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Social values for biodiversity and carbon flow in cities6
The potential of citizen science to transform science: Lessons for a sustainable future6
Wildlife documentaries present a diverse, but biased, portrayal of the natural world6
Dynamic reciprocal contributions between Indigenous communities and cultural keystone species: A study case in Western Ecuador6
Understanding indigenous people's traditional Chinese medicinal plants harvesting preferences to guide sustainable management6
An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social–climatic tipping points6
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Turning things around: A discussion of values, practices, and action in the context of social‐ecological change5
Slugs Count: Assessing citizen scientist engagement and development, and the accuracy of their identifications5
Conservation in conversation: People's perspectives on a woodland with high conservation value—A qualitative study5
Messy natures: The political aesthetics of nature recovery5
Public preference for the rewilding framework: A choice experiment in the Oder Delta5
Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets5
Local people in both frontier and intensifying landscapes in Ecuador desire forest restoration that provides multiple benefits5
Climate change adaptation and adaptive efficacy in the inland fisheries of the Lake Victoria basin5
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Media portrayal of the illegal trade in wildlife: The case of turtles in the US and implications for conservation5
Farmers' land‐use decision‐making: A dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model5
Past human‐induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience5
Protecting our coast for everyone's future: Indigenous and scientific knowledge support marine spatial protections proposed by Central Coast First Nations in Pacific Canada5
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