Wildlife Hunting and Conservation in Forests
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 328
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animals in forests face a lot of challenges due to climate change and forest environment changes, as well as pressure from humans, which grows bigger year by year. A new and dynamically changing environment may represent an opportunity for some species and a danger to the existence of others. Indeed, while some species which were endangered in the past are now seeing an increase in their numbers, others, which were stable not that long ago, are now facing a severe population decline. This, among other factors, means that previous management rules are no longer valid. The new IAS EU policy is a challenge for European countries. Society around the world is changing in terms of how they view the use, management, and conservation of animals, with attitudes shifting toward different directions. How can we build new approaches to game management and conservation polices? How can we shape public attitudes toward game management and conservation? How can we engage the general public in conservation actions?
Potential topics of interest in this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- Changes in the biology and ecology of game animals according to climate change;
- IAS (invasive alien species) eradication—problems and opportunities;
- What shapes attitudes toward hunting and conservation actions.
Dr. Anna Wierzbicka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hunting
- human–wildlife conflict
- attitudes toward hunting
- attitudes toward conservation
- invasive alien species
- rural development
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