Flagging positive images for sting wasps: the use of vespine wasps in Guiyang City, China and its conservation implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
C. Dai ◽  
S. Chen ◽  
X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Allergic Reactions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Great Pain ◽  
Guiyang City

Vespine wasps, along with other insects, are undergoing decreases at alarming rates. However, wasps are universally disliked by the public and therefore receive little conservation attention. This antipathy may be caused by the vespine sting, which can cause great pain and severe allergic reactions in humans, but it is most likely a result of a lack of public awareness of the various ecosystem services provided by wasps. In this study, we conducted an ethno-zoological survey on the use of vespine wasps, underlining their economic value by conducting face-to-face interviews with local gatherers and sellers in a market in Guiyang city, China. Five species were observed in trade. The larvae and pupae are considered highly nutritional foods with prices ranging from 160 to 300 yuan per kilogram, whereas adults and empty combs are used to produce medicinal wines to cure rheumatism and arthritis. Using the weight of nests encountered in the market, we found that the sale of one nest from each of the five recorded species can produce an economic income up to the average disposable income per year for a rural inhabitant living in this city. Our study can be regarded as a small but important step to promote a positive image of wasps to the public. To reconcile the conflict between vespine stings and conservation, we recommend removing but not destroying nests that threaten people for domestication and sustainable use by experienced gatherers. Furthermore, local knowledge can be incorporated into the management of this threat to public safety.

scholarly journals Mainstreaming Microbes across Biomes

BioScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 589-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence J Clarke ◽  
Penelope J Jones ◽  
Hans Ammitzboll ◽  
Leon A Barmuta ◽  
Martin F Breed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Public ◽  
Microbiome Research ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Global Data Sets ◽  
Global Data

Abstract Bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms in the environment (i.e., environmental microbiomes) provide vital ecosystem services and affect human health. Despite their importance, public awareness of environmental microbiomes has lagged behind that of human microbiomes. A key problem has been a scarcity of research demonstrating the microbial connections across environmental biomes (e.g., marine, soil) and between environmental and human microbiomes. We show in the present article, through analyses of almost 10,000 microbiome papers and three global data sets, that there are significant taxonomic similarities in microbial communities across biomes, but very little cross-biome research exists. This disconnect may be hindering advances in microbiome knowledge and translation. In this article, we highlight current and potential applications of environmental microbiome research and the benefits of an interdisciplinary, cross-biome approach. Microbiome scientists need to engage with each other, government, industry, and the public to ensure that research and applications proceed ethically, maximizing the potential benefits to society.

scholarly journals An assessment of the coastal ecosystem services of Jayapura City, Papua Province, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Basa T. Rumahorbo ◽  
Baigo Hamuna ◽  
Henderina J. Keiluhu
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Coastal Ecosystems ◽  
Coastal Ecosystem ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Seagrass Ecosystems

AbstractThis study aims to assess and quantify the economic value of coastal ecosystem services (CES) in the coastal areas of Jayapura City based on the perceptions of Papuan indigenous peoples. Data collection was conducted from March to April 2018 using the direct interview method based on questionnaires to 228 respondents in Enggros, Tobati, and Nafri villages. The CES value in Jayapura City is estimated to be around USD 5,427,212.34/year, which consists of service values of mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass ecosystems that are USD 4,447,802.85/year or USD 19,079.46/ha/year, USD 424,333.06/year or USD 11,303.49/ha/year, and USD 555,076.43/year or 5,008.36/ha/year, respectively. The value of CES as a provider of fishery products is quite high because of the high desire of the community to exploit and utilize natural resources such as fish, crabs, shrimp, and shellfish in coastal ecosystems to as a food resource. Therefore, with the description of the CES value in this study, good coastal ecosystem management and integrated coastal area development policies are needed to maintain the quality of the environment and the sustainability of coastal ecosystems, as well as efforts to increase public awareness of the importance of coastal ecosystems and the important role that they play in improving the welfare of the Papuan indigenous people.

scholarly journals Conservation implications of primate trade in China over 18 years based on web news reports of confiscations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyong Ni ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Ariana Weldon ◽  
Meng Xie ◽  
Huailiang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhesus Macaques ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Web News

Primate species have been increasingly threatened by legal and illegal trade in China, mainly for biomedical research or as pets and traditional medicine, yet most reports on trade from China regard international trade. To assess a proxy for amount of national primate trades, we quantified the number of reports of native primate species featuring in unique web news reports from 2000 to 2017, including accuracy of their identification, location where they were confiscated or rescued, and their condition upon rescue. To measure temporal trends across these categories, the time span was divided into three sections: 2000-2005, 2006-2011 and 2012-2017. A total of 735 individuals of 14 species were reported in 372 news reports, mostly rhesus macaques (n=165, 22.5%, Macaca mulatta) and two species of slow lorises (n=487, 66.3%, Nycticebus spp.). During the same period, live individuals of rhesus macaques were recorded 206 times (70,949 individuals) in the CITES Trade Database, whereas slow lorises were only recorded four times (9 individuals), indicating that the species originated illegally from China or were illegally imported into China. Due to their rescued locations in residential areas (n=211, 56.7%), most primates appeared to be housed privately as pets. A higher proportion of ‘market’ rescues during 2006-2011 (χ2=8.485, df=2, p=0.014), could be partly attributed to an intensive management on wildlife markets since the outbreak of SARS in 2003. More than half (68.3%, 502 individuals) of the primate individuals were unhealthy, injured or dead when rescued. Thus, identification and welfare training and capacity-building should be provided to husbandry and veterinary professionals, as well as education to the public through awareness initiatives. The increase in presence of some species, especially slow lorises, with a declining population in restricted areas, also suggests the urgent need for public awareness about the illegal nature of keeping these taxa as pets.

scholarly journals Conservation implications of primate trade in China over 18 years based on web news reports of confiscations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyong Ni ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Ariana Weldon ◽  
Meng Xie ◽  
Huailiang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhesus Macaques ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Web News

Primate species have been increasingly threatened by legal and illegal trade in China, mainly for biomedical research or as pets and traditional medicine, yet most reports on trade from China regard international trade. To assess a proxy for amount of national primate trades, we quantified the number of reports of native primate species featuring in unique web news reports from 2000 to 2017, including accuracy of their identification, location where they were confiscated or rescued, and their condition upon rescue. To measure temporal trends across these categories, the time span was divided into three sections: 2000-2005, 2006-2011 and 2012-2017. A total of 735 individuals of 14 species were reported in 372 news reports, mostly rhesus macaques (n=165, 22.5%, Macaca mulatta) and two species of slow lorises (n=487, 66.3%, Nycticebus spp.). During the same period, live individuals of rhesus macaques were recorded 206 times (70,949 individuals) in the CITES Trade Database, whereas slow lorises were only recorded four times (9 individuals), indicating that the species originated illegally from China or were illegally imported into China. Due to their rescued locations in residential areas (n=211, 56.7%), most primates appeared to be housed privately as pets. A higher proportion of ‘market’ rescues during 2006-2011 (χ2=8.485, df=2, p=0.014), could be partly attributed to an intensive management on wildlife markets since the outbreak of SARS in 2003. More than half (68.3%, 502 individuals) of the primate individuals were unhealthy, injured or dead when rescued. Thus, identification and welfare training and capacity-building should be provided to husbandry and veterinary professionals, as well as education to the public through awareness initiatives. The increase in presence of some species, especially slow lorises, with a declining population in restricted areas, also suggests the urgent need for public awareness about the illegal nature of keeping these taxa as pets.

scholarly journals KONSTRUKSI SOSIAL MASYARAKAT MELALUI KONTEN EDUKATIF MENGENAI KETAHANAN AIR

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Desi Yunita ◽  
Bintarsih Sekarningrum
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Educational Media ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Water

This activity is intended to increase public awareness about why water resilience is important. Efforts to improve community water resilience done by providing educational content containing messages on water resilience through booklets, posters, animations, or short videos about how to increase water resilience practically by the community. So that the message of this water resilience campaign is spread to the wider community, these educational media are disseminated online via social media or shared directly when done face-to-face virtually. The method of dissemination through dissemination through social media or virtual presentations is chosen so that the message can be received appropriately while maintaining health protocols. So, even though it is still hit by a pandemic, the public can still be invited to participate in this activity. 

scholarly journals Asthma and public awareness in Italy: results from CHAOS (Chronic Airway Obstruction Survey)

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Stefano Uleri ◽  
Roberto W. Dal Negro
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Asthma Knowledge ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Control ◽  
Asthmatic Group

Despite last years advances in asthma knowledge and treatment, its management and control remains a critical issue. Many surveys on general practitioners (GPs) and patients were conducted but no data, in Italy, are collected about the public awareness.
The population cognition appears critic on decision maker health programs.
This survey, with a face to face questionnaire, explored the perception of social relevance of asthma through the main chronic diseases and tests the disease knowledge in 1161 Italian citizens.
Even if the sensibility of asthmatic (82) and their relatives (243) is superior to general population, some critical issues outcrop regarding beliefs, habits and therapy. 
People not related to asthma have not cognition of social and economic burden.
Asthmatic group is not confident with therapy value and possibility to measure organic damage.
Educational intervention would be addressed first of all to GPs and then to patients and their relatives, while on the other hand it is important to enhance the public and decision maker sensibility to reduce the disease welfare and social cost. 


scholarly journals Study of Vegetation and Perception Characteristic of Coastal Community in Utilizing Mangrove in Labuan Uki Bay, Bolaang Mongondow Regency

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Moh. Ikhsan Z. Runtukahu ◽  
Ridwan Lasabuda ◽  
Adnan S. Wantasen
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
The Public ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Need For Rehabilitation ◽  
The Village

Bay of Labuan Uki located in Lolak district, Bolaang Mongondow regency, North Sulawesi province has the potential of coastal area and sea, especially mangrove ecosystem to be used and preserved for the public welfare.Based on that, the purpose of the research is  to (1) analyze the community structure and mangroves forest area at the Bay of Labuan Uki (2) analyze the perception Bay of Labuan Uki coastal area societies in the utilization of mangrove ecosystems. The results of this research found that 5 families mangrove Avicenniaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sonneratiaceae, Arecaceae and Myrsinaceae and 14 species, mangrove area is now 125.49 Ha with the conditions of thickness and density of mangrove largely been sparse due to logging for over functioned. The public perception most desire sustainable use, so need for rehabilitation, socialization to raise public awareness, economic alternatives for utilizing mangrove either directly or indirectly, and making of regulations related to the mangrove forests such as the Village Regulations together (Sauk, Baturapa II, Labuan Uki) and or the Local Regulation of Bolaang Mongondow Regency to maintain and preserve the mangrove forests at the Bay of Labuan Uki today.Keywords: Mangrove, Public Perception, Bay of Labuan Uki. AbstrakTeluk Labuan Uki terletak di Kecamatan Lolak, Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow, Provinsi Sulawesi Utara memiliki potensi wilayah pesisir dan laut terutama ekosistem mangrove untuk dimanfaatkan dan dilestarikan demi kesejahteraan masyarakat. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) Menganalisis struktur komunitas dan luasan hutan mangrove di kawasan Teluk Labuan Uki (2) Menganalisis persepsi masyarakat pesisir Teluk Labuan Uki dalam pemanfaatan ekosistem mangrove. Hasil penelitian ini menemukan 5 famili mangrove yaitu Avicenniaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sonneratiaceae, Arecaceae dan Myrsinaceae dan 14 spesies, luasan mangrove saat ini 125,49 Ha dengan  kondisi ketebalan serta kerapatan mangrove  sebagian besar sudah jarang akibat penebangan untuk dialihfungsikan. Persepsi masyarakat sebagian besar menginginkan pemanfaatan yang berkelanjutan, maka perlu adanya rehabilitasi, sosialisai untuk membangkitkan kesadaran masyarakat, alternatif ekonomi bagi yang memanfaatkan mangrove baik secara langsung maupun tidak dan pembuatan regulasi terkait hutan mangrove berupa Peraturan Desa bersama (Sauk, Baturapa II, Labuan Uki) dan atau Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow untuk menjaga dan melestarikan hutan mangrove di Teluk Labuan Uki saat ini.Kata kunci : Mangrove, Persepsi Masyarakat, Teluk Labuan Uki.

scholarly journals Analysis of Differences in the Choice of the Economic Value of Urban Trees in Madrid When Displayed in Situ and in Photographs

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Claudia García-Ventura ◽  
Alfonso Bermejo ◽  
Concepción González-García ◽  
M. Ángeles Grande-Ortíz ◽  
Esperanza Ayuga-Téllez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Method ◽  
Ornamental Trees ◽  
The City ◽  
Larger Sample

The determination of an asset’s economic value has always been an important step in improving its management. The Madrid Region legislated the application of the first version of the Norma Granada as a method of appraising ornamental trees. However, the trees in the city of Madrid are only assessed in terms of ecosystem services (i-Tree Eco). A photograph of the asset to be appraised is often used in studies on the valuation of publicly-owned socio-environmental assets such as trees or landscapes. As a tree’s value is very closely linked to its size and to a number of features that can be seen through direct observation of the specimen, it is important to verify the validity of photographs as a method for obtaining the public’s opinion. This work presents a comparison between the valuations chosen by members of the public when observing the tree in situ and in a photograph. The aim is to verify the validity of photographs for their application to a larger sample and to understand qualitatively how citizens assess the trees in a city. The following appraisal methods were used: the American method, Council of Tree Landscape Appraisers (CTLA), Norma Granada and the Burnley method. The survey consisted of ten specimens from ten different species, and ten surveys were taken for each stem, making a total of 100 for each tree species and 1000 surveys in all. The surveys were done randomly and individually. Each interviewed chose one of the three values they were shown when observing the specimen in the photograph and in situ; 84% of the 1000 surveys gave as a result the same value choice when looking at the specimen on site and seeing it in a photograph.

scholarly journals Mitigasi Dampak Pandemi COVID-19 melalui Sosialisasi: Laporan KKN Tematik COVID-19 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cucuk Budiyanto ◽  
Ajeng Diah Priasnasari ◽  
Nicky Imadudin ◽  
Ega Listianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">The Rapid spread of Covid-19 has caused worldwide panic due to a high mortality rate. At the beginning of the pandemic, the community did not yet have an adequate understanding of what and how the virus spreads. While tell-tales and social media tend to be discouraging, inaccurate, and fearmongering. </span>The low knowledge and level of public awareness in the face of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic prompted the UNS KKN Team to make socialization a priority for the Covid-19 2020 Thematic Community Service activities. Socialization programs with various strategies were implemented to provide an understanding of PHBS, the importance of using masks, and new behaviors for prevent the spread of the impact of the pandemic more widely in Magelang, Kebumen and Purwokerto areas. The direct face-to-face socialization, posters / banners, or social media posts are considered effective in providing accurate information to the public, as well as clarifying hoax that has spread rapidly to the public regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic.</p>

scholarly journals Assessment of Public Awareness of the Forestry Sector: Biodiversity, Certification and Ecosystem Services in Velingrad Municipality

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Ivan Tsvetkov ◽  
Ivan Atanassov ◽  
Krasimir Rusanov
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
Biodiversity Preservation

The purpose of this study was to survey the current public awareness in Velingrad Municipality in terms of biodiversity preservation, certification and ecosystem services in the regional forestry sector. The answers to the questions related to the biodiversity and ecosystem services showed good aware- ness and a very positive attitude of respondents regarding the need for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as well as the improvement of ecosystem services. According to the conducted surveys, the awareness concerning the certification and standards in the local forestry sector as well as the regional NATURA 2000 protected sites was still weak or lacking.

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