Bjørn P. Kaltenborn

TL;DR: The findings indicate that the majority of the people in the area should be responsive to ecocentric arguments when development and conservation plans are presented, and that the highest preference was expressed for wildland scenes containing water, followed by cultural landscapes and traditional farm environments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how conservation attitudes in western Serengeti are shaped by the following factors: level of conflicts with protected areas; wildlife imposed constraints (inadequate pasture, water, diseases, loss of livestock during migration, theft and depredation); participation in the community based project; and socio-demographic factors (age, education level, wealth, immigration, gender and household size).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse self-reported fear of four large carnivore species in a representative sample of the Norwegian population and find that women expressed significantly more fear of these species than did men, and expressed fear increased with age in both sexes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore different factors that affect attitudes towards four such species, i.e. wolves and bears, and find that people are more negative towards wolves than lynx and wolverines.

TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of sense of place among residents of the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago in the Norwegian high Arctic was explored, and the effects of place on perceptions of wilderness, environmental conditions and reactions to potential environmental impacts were analysed to examine whether sense-of-place can be a useful construct in environmental impact assessments.