Ep 106: Buying into the Social Side of Conservation

16/11/2021 40 min Temporada 4 Episodio 106

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Episode Synopsis

In today's episode, Jason talks with Rebecca Niemiec. Rebecca is an interdisciplinary social scientist and an Assistant professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department at Colorado State University. She works with conservation practitioners to help design and evaluate community outreach and engagement approaches for conservation. During the conversation, they will define what social science is and how it impacts conservation decisions. Rebecca will also help determine why agencies should include social science in conservation decision making, why stakeholder engagement important and why anyone should care about public perspectives.
To read the article mentioned in the episode, check out Integrating social science into conservation planning
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