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Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco (2021)
Journal Article
Waters, S., El Harrad, A., Bell, S., & Setchell, J. M. (2022). Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco. International Journal of Primatology, 43(6), 1046-1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00228-0

Understanding the historical context of an area enables an incoming conservationist to reflect on their role in communities and to better position themselves both politically and socially within them. Here, we explore how outside agencies and institu... Read More about Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco.

Interpreting People’s Behaviour Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco (2019)
Journal Article
Waters, S., El Harrad, A., Bell, S., & Setchell, J. M. (2019). Interpreting People’s Behaviour Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco. International Journal of Primatology, 40(3), 316-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-019-00087-w

People’s perceptions of primates vary across and within cultures and may not be consistent with their behavior toward the primates themselves. We used qualitative data from semistructured and unstructured interviews with shepherds from 10 villages ar... Read More about Interpreting People’s Behaviour Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco.

Communicating for Conservation: Circumventing Conflict with Communities over Domestic Dog Ownership in North Morocco (2018)
Journal Article
Waters, S., Watson, T., Bell, S., & Setchell, J. M. (2018). Communicating for Conservation: Circumventing Conflict with Communities over Domestic Dog Ownership in North Morocco. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 64(6), Article 69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1230-x

Conservationists consider open and direct communication as best practice even when their data conflict with local beliefs. However, ensuring the effective delivery of a controversial message without overtly challenging community identity is difficult... Read More about Communicating for Conservation: Circumventing Conflict with Communities over Domestic Dog Ownership in North Morocco.

Understanding Human-Animal Relations in the Context of Primate Conservation: A Multispecies Ethnographic Approach in North Morocco (2018)
Journal Article
Waters, S., Bell, S., & Setchell, J. M. (2018). Understanding Human-Animal Relations in the Context of Primate Conservation: A Multispecies Ethnographic Approach in North Morocco. Folia Primatologica, 89(1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1159/000480079

Strategies for conserving species threatened with extinction are often driven by ecological data. However, in anthropogenic landscapes, understanding and incorporating local people's perceptions may enhance species conservation. We examine the relati... Read More about Understanding Human-Animal Relations in the Context of Primate Conservation: A Multispecies Ethnographic Approach in North Morocco.

Leopard diets and landowner perceptions of human wildlife conflict in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa (2017)
Journal Article
Chase Grey, J., Bell, S., & Hill, R. (2017). Leopard diets and landowner perceptions of human wildlife conflict in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 37, 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.03.002

Human-wildlife conflict between carnivores and livestock and game owners is an issue of high conservation concern and has led to the global decline of many large carnivore species. Research has shown that carnivores are often blamed for higher levels... Read More about Leopard diets and landowner perceptions of human wildlife conflict in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa.

Biosocial conservation: integrating biological and ethnographic methods to study human-primate interactions (2016)
Journal Article
Setchell, J., Fairet, E., Shutt, K., Waters, S., & Bell, S. (2017). Biosocial conservation: integrating biological and ethnographic methods to study human-primate interactions. International Journal of Primatology, 38(2), 401-426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-016-9938-5

Biodiversity conservation is one of the grand challenges facing society. Many people interested in biodiversity conservation have a background in wildlife biology. However, the diverse social, cultural, political, and historical factors that influenc... Read More about Biosocial conservation: integrating biological and ethnographic methods to study human-primate interactions.

The impacts, characterisation and management of human-leopard conflict in a multi-use land system in South Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Constant, N., Bell, S., & Hill, R. (2015). The impacts, characterisation and management of human-leopard conflict in a multi-use land system in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24(12), 2967-2989. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0989-2

Human–carnivore conflict represents a global problem, negatively impacting carnivore populations and local livelihoods worldwide. Game farming in South Africa has increased introducing a new form of conflict due to predation on game, but is poorly un... Read More about The impacts, characterisation and management of human-leopard conflict in a multi-use land system in South Africa.

Rural emptiness and its influence on subsistence farming in contemporary Gabon: A case study in Loango National Park (2014)
Journal Article
Fairet, E., Bell, S., Remanda, K., & Setchell, J. (2014). Rural emptiness and its influence on subsistence farming in contemporary Gabon: A case study in Loango National Park. Social biology and human affairs, 78(1-2), 39-59

In sub-Saharan Africa, rural exodus leads to increasing unemployment in urban centres and to the disorganisation of farming practice in rural areas. This article draws on data from participant observation and interviews to analyse how rural exodus, c... Read More about Rural emptiness and its influence on subsistence farming in contemporary Gabon: A case study in Loango National Park.