The impact of increasing vertebrate predator numbers on bird populations is widely debated
among the general public, game managers and conservationists across Europe. However …

• Recreational shooting of non-native gamebirds (pheasants and red-legged partridges) in
the UK is underpinned by a suite of management practices. A major aspect is the annual …

Integrating local knowledge with scientific knowledge can offer significant benefits to
improving environmental decision-making. However, this is especially challenging in …

The release of more than 40 million captive‐bred pheasants and red‐legged partridges in
Britain annually represents a significant addition to the potential food resource base for …

Conflict is currently one of the greatest challenges facing wildlife conservation. Whilst
conflicts may first appear to concern wildlife, they are often embedded within wider debates …

The way in which research-based knowledge is used, interpreted and communicated by
different actors can influence the dynamics of conservation conflicts. The conflict that occurs …

Sustainable peatland management is a global environmental governance challenge given
peat's carbon storage. Peatlands worldwide are sites of contested demands between …

This opening chapter outlines the content of the field of indigenous knowledge research,
particularly as it relates to natural resources management. In contrasting indigenous with …

Due to large historical and ongoing population declines in Britain and Ireland and mainland
Europe, and its 'near-threatened'global status, the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) is …

Meadow breeding bird populations have shown a strong decrease in the recent decades
caused by intensification of agriculture. Despite conservation efforts to decrease the …