HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RESEARCH TEAM
Team Leader Dr. Alistair Bath | Memorial University
Human dimensions (HD) in wildlife and natural resource management research can be effective in documenting, understanding and predicting why individuals support or oppose certain policies and why individuals behave in particular ways under certain situations.
As a research field that focuses upon collecting quantitative data, representative of the entire resource constituency, HD can aid decision-makers in assessing public support for policies, targeting communication efforts, exploring the nature of conflict within a situation and balancing vocal voices so to better understand all individuals within a particular interest group.
Our Research Team applies both qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches to document, understand and predict human behavior.
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Research Team Leader and Supervisor | abath@mun.ca
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Dr. Alistair J. Bath is a Full Professor at Memorial University and president of Bath and Associates. With more than 30-years experience in working with communities and organizations to achieve conservation objectives, Dr. Bath has delivered more than 100 lectures, workshops, expert training and seminars focused on human dimensions in wildlife management and protected areas management in nearly every European country, Brazil, New Zealand, India, Japan, Canada, and the United States.
Ph.D. Candidate | m.engel@mun.ca
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With an M.Sc. in Geography and a B.A. in Biology, Mrs. Engel is a Ph.D. Candidate and Human Dimension researcher committed to wildlife and natural resources management and conservation. Monica's main research focuses on understanding people's thoughts and actions toward the ocean and marine life. Through her research project called People and Ocean, Monica is traveling the island of Newfoundland to document our relationship with the ocean.
Ph.D. Candidate | mlaastrup@mun.ca
With an M.Sc. in Sustainable Resource Management and a B.Sc. in Geography & Geoinformatics, Marie is a Ph.D. Candidate looking at local perceptions of nature conservation in the case of a new proposed national park in the Romanian Carpathians. Her research interests include Political Ecology, Environmental Geography, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Protected Area Management, and Circular Economy.
With a BSc in Geography, Jacqueline is focusing her current research on understanding Romanian hunter attitudes toward Large carnivores in the Făgăraș Mountains Region. Her research interests include Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Conservation, Large Carnivores, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, and Public Participation and Education.
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