Hannah Mumby – Thu 6 May
This free online talk considers how we include human interactions into ecological research and will be broadcast on Zoom as part of Ecology Live 2021. It takes place at the earlier time of 09:00 UK time.
Thursday 6 May
09:00 UK time / 16:00 in Beijing / 18:00 in Sydney
Hannah Mumby
University of Hong Kong
Wild boar in the city: Incorporating human attitudes and behaviour in an ecological study
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) have a wide native and non-native range, a highly generalised diet and long history of interaction with humans. As such, studying the ecology of wild boar often touches on human dimensions of and interactions with environment, such as land-use, environmental policy and activities like hunting or feeding.
In this talk, I present a case study of human and wild boar interactions in Hong Kong. Through it, I introduce a critical reflection of stakeholder inclusion in ecological studies, findings from our analyses of media discourse on human and wild boar interactions in Chinese-language and English-language media and integrating human dimensions with ecological data, including wild boar behaviour and diet.
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