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4 - Understanding Emotions As Opportunities for and Barriers to Coexistence with Wildlife

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2019

By
Maarten Jacobs  and
Jerry J. Vaske
Edited by
Beatrice Frank ,
Jenny A. Glikman  and
Silvio Marchini
Beatrice Frank
Affiliation:
Capital Regional District of Victoria Regional Parks
Jenny A. Glikman
Affiliation:
Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global
Silvio Marchini
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo
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Summary

Research into human–wildlife relationships has largely focused on cognitions. Arguably, emotions are equally important for understanding these relationships. Emotion is a basic mental capacity, and shapes experiences, motivation, attitudes and thought. In the context of wildlife, emotion is an important force in constituting both sources of conflict and coexistence. Existing research into human emotions towards wildlife has predominantly addressed fear towards potentially dangerous species, such as snakes and large carnivores, thus concentrating on conflict situations. Positive emotional responses and dispositions are hardly studied; yet provide important avenues for coexistence. This chapter will (a) provide an overview of research into human emotions towards wildlife, and (b) use emotion theory to create an understanding of the variety of mechanisms that explain these wildlife-related emotions. This understanding will contribute to exploring, and provide a starting point for solving, the knowledge gap in research into positive emotions towards wildlife, and identify opportunities for and barriers to human–wildlife coexistence.
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Human–Wildlife Interactions
Turning Conflict into Coexistence
 , pp. 65 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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