School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology
In recent years, there has been a growing need to understand the social dimensions of environmental management and conservation issues. Stakeholder groups and concerned individuals are increasingly wanting to contribute to environmental management processes and have their opinions and thoughts on environmental matters heard. To effectively incorporate community and stakeholder concerns into management and policy initiatives, it is important that decision-makers understand the values, attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of those affected by particular courses of action.
Over the last decade, the School of Life and Environmental Sciences has developed a strong research program in the social dimensions of environmental management and conservation ecology.
Examples of recent publications:
Fitzsimons, J. and Wescott, G. (2007) Perceptions and Attitudes of Land Managers in Multi-Tenure Reserve Networks and the Implications for Conservation, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol 84, pp. 38-48, Elsevier, United Kingdom.
Koss, R., Gilmour, P., Miller, K., Bellgrove, A., McBurnie, J., Wescott, G. and Bunce, A. (2005) Parks Victoria Technical Series Number 19. Sea Search: Community-Based Monitoring of Victoria´s Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries, pp. 1-62, Parks Victoria, Australia.
Miller, K.K. and Jones, D.N. (2006) Gender Differences in the Perceptions of Wildlife Management Objectives and Priorities in Australasia., Wildlife Research, Vol 33, pp. 155-159, CSIRO Publishing, Australia.
Nimmo, D.G., Miller, K.K., and Adams, R. (in press). Managing feral horses in Victoria: community attitudes and perceptions. Ecological Restoration and Management.
Wallis, A. (2006) Sustainability Indicators: Is There Consensus Among Stakeholders?, International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol 5, No 3, pp. 287-296, Inderscience Publishers, United Kingdom.
For further information about social research projects being undertaken in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, please contact:
Dr Kelly Miller
kelly.miller@deakin.edu.au
