Enhancing nature conservation and health: Changing the focus to active pro-environmental behaviours

CD Rosa, S Collado - Psychological Studies, 2020 - Springer
Most research about the promotion of pro-environmental behaviours has focused on actions
conducted at home (eg energy saving). While acknowledging their relevance, the effect of …

A systematic literature review of historic garden management and its economic aspects

C Funsten, V Borsellino, E Schimmenti - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Historic gardens are important parts of humanity's built heritage within the designed
landscape, providing many environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Representaciones sociales y prácticas pedagógicas en educación ambiental

R Calixto-Flores - Educação e Pesquisa, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Las representaciones sociales constituyen un conocimiento práctico con el cual se da
significado al medio ambiente y sentido a distintas prácticas. Los conocimientos de las …

How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities

M Melhem, A Forrest, Y Abunnasr, R Abi Ali… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Since many cities lack botanical gardens, we introduced the concept of Ancillary Botanic
Gardens (ABG), which builds on the premise that organizations can expand informal …

The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy

C Funsten, C Di Franco, V Borsellino, N Surano… - Journal of Outdoor …, 2022 - Elsevier
Botanic gardens are defined by their mission to maintain living plant collections for scientific
research, conservation, display and education. This mission represents the potential …

A botanic garden as a tool to combine public perception of nature and life-science investigations on native/exotic plants interactions with local pollinators

M Giovanetti, C Giuliani, S Boff, G Fico, D Lupi - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Life-sciences are pointing towards an alarming worldwide pollinator decline. This decline
proceeds along with overall biodiversity losses, even in the context of urban landscapes and …

Planty childhoods: Theorising with a vegetal ontology in environmental education research

S Parmar, K Malone, TC Young - Australian Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper explores the potential for extending relational ontologies to include a specific
focus on human-plant relations. We theorise the emergence of a vegetal ontology, as a …

[HTML][HTML] Visitor Experience at Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden: Satisfaction and Loyalty Antecedents

G Díaz-Meneses, M Amador-Marrero - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this paper is to study how botanical gardens are experienced.
Firstly, the study attempts to demonstrate how the senses shape visitor satisfaction and …

Organic learning gardens in higher education: do they improve kindergarten pre-service teachers' connectedness to and conception of nature?

R Pérez-López, M Eugenio-Gozalbo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Studies have shed light on the idea that people who have experiences in natural settings
might be more aware of the environment. Learning gardens, as outdoor contexts, might …

Diversity status of bamboo in Sumatra: A review

MA Ritonga, S Syamsuardi, N Nurainas… - Journal of Tropical …, 2024 - journal.ugm.ac.id
Prior to initiating the conservation effort, conducting a bamboo species inventory in a specific
area is crucial for obtaining information about the diversity status of the species in that …