Freya A V St John
Biographic Data
| ID | 1571812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Freya A V St John |
| GIVEN NAMES | Freya A V St |
| FAMILY NAME | John |
| SIGNATURE | JOHN F A V S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5707-310X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict farmers' intention to report livestock depredation and kill hyena
Understanding and managing conservation conflicts is important for stakeholders (e.g. policymakers and practitioners) trying to minimise negative impacts on people and biodiversity. A key component of Namibia's community‐based natural resource management system, besides enabling communities to derive benefits from wildlife, is the monitoring of wildlife and reporting of negative wildlife impacts on human lives and livelihoods. Farmers across Nami…
Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo
Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this context, we implemented structured questionnaires across 28 villages in two forested landscapes of Central Kali…
Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among subscribers of nature organisations in England and Wales
Wild deer populations are increasing across the northern hemisphere, posing challenges to the environment and people. Deer impacts can be managed using lethal and non‐lethal practices, but research suggests lethal control receives mixed support. Differences in perspectives towards management practices may hinder collaborative, landscape‐scale strategies required to achieve resilient ecosystems and tree cover targets. Thus, understanding human‐dee…
Understanding Local Peoples’ Deforestation Decisions in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia
Indonesia's forests are amongst the world's most biodiverse; they provide critical climate benefits and support human well-being. Yet Indonesia has one of the highest rates of forest loss globally. Much of Sumatra's remaining tropical forest only exists within protected areas, which are increasingly threatened by small-scale land clearance. Using a case study from Gunung Leuser National Park, we combine factorial survey experiments with semi-stru…
Cross-Cultural Applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in Protected Area Contexts
Working mostly in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries, environmental psychologists have developed scales assessing relationships between pro-environmental beliefs and behaviors. Working in Tanzanian and Indonesian protected area landscapes, containing important biodiversity and conflict over human-nature interactions, we investigate the utility of the New Ecological Paradigm for measuring pro-environmental beliefs an…
A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation
Conservationists increasingly aim to understand human behaviour to inform intervention design. However, obtaining information from people about their behaviour can be challenging, particularly if the research topic is considered sensitive. Topic sensitivity may raise methodological, ethical, political and legal concerns which, if poorly addressed, can have significant impacts on research participants, the research process, data quality and the su…
Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia
Beyond the community in participatory forest management: A governance network perspective
Analyzing procedural equity in government-led community-based forest management
Friedman, R. S., J. R. Rhodes, A. J. Dean, E. A. Law, T. Santika, S. Budiharta, J. A. Hutabarat, T. P. Indrawan, A. Kusworo, E. Meijaard, F. A. V. St. John, M. J. Struebig, and K. A. Wilson. 2020. Analyzing procedural equity in government-led community-based forest management. Ecology and Society 25(3):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11710-250316
Heterogeneous impacts of community forestry on forest conservation and poverty alleviation: Evidence from Indonesia
Community forestry is a participatory approach aiming to achieve sustainable forest management while also reducing poverty among rural communities. Yet, evidence of the impacts of community forestry programmes on both forest conservation and poverty alleviation is scarce, and there is limited understanding of impacts across different social and biophysical contexts. We applied a matching method to assess the extent to which deforestation has decr…
Value diversity and conservation conflict: Lessons from the management of red grouse and hen harriers in England
Conflicts between people over wildlife management are damaging, widespread, and notoriously difficult to resolve where people hold different values and worldviews. Cognitive approaches examining steps from human thought to action can help us understand conflict and explore strategies for their management. We focused on the conflict between hunters and conservationists over the management of red grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scoticus ) and hen harriers…
Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot
Robinson, J. E., R. A. Griffiths, I. M. Fraser, J. Raharimalala, D. L. Roberts, and F. A. V. St. John. 2018. Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Society 23(1):13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09821-230113
Toward a new understanding of the links between poverty and illegal wildlife hunting
Conservation organizations have increasingly raised concerns about escalating rates of illegal hunting and trade in wildlife. Previous studies have concluded that people hunt illegally because they are financially poor or lack alternative livelihood strategies. However, there has been little attempt to develop a richer understanding of the motivations behind contemporary illegal wildlife hunting. As a first step, we reviewed the academic and poli…
How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialized questioning techniques
Conservation and human behaviour: Lessons from social psychology
Despite increased effort from non-governmental organisations, academics and governments over recent decades, several threats continue to cause species declines and even extinctions. Resource use by a growing human population is a significant driver of biodiversity loss, so conservation scientists need to be interested in the factors that motivate human behaviour. Economic models have been applied to human decision making for many years; however, …
Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia
Beyond the community in participatory forest management: A governance network perspective
Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot
Robinson, J. E., R. A. Griffiths, I. M. Fraser, J. Raharimalala, D. L. Roberts, and F. A. V. St. John. 2018. Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Society 23(1):13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09821-230113
Conservation and human behaviour: Lessons from social psychology
Despite increased effort from non-governmental organisations, academics and governments over recent decades, several threats continue to cause species declines and even extinctions. Resource use by a growing human population is a significant driver of biodiversity loss, so conservation scientists need to be interested in the factors that motivate human behaviour. Economic models have been applied to human decision making for many years; however, …
How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialized questioning techniques
Toward a new understanding of the links between poverty and illegal wildlife hunting
Conservation organizations have increasingly raised concerns about escalating rates of illegal hunting and trade in wildlife. Previous studies have concluded that people hunt illegally because they are financially poor or lack alternative livelihood strategies. However, there has been little attempt to develop a richer understanding of the motivations behind contemporary illegal wildlife hunting. As a first step, we reviewed the academic and poli…
Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot
Robinson, J. E., R. A. Griffiths, I. M. Fraser, J. Raharimalala, D. L. Roberts, and F. A. V. St. John. 2018. Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Society 23(1):13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09821-230113
Heterogeneous impacts of community forestry on forest conservation and poverty alleviation: Evidence from Indonesia
Community forestry is a participatory approach aiming to achieve sustainable forest management while also reducing poverty among rural communities. Yet, evidence of the impacts of community forestry programmes on both forest conservation and poverty alleviation is scarce, and there is limited understanding of impacts across different social and biophysical contexts. We applied a matching method to assess the extent to which deforestation has decr…
Value diversity and conservation conflict: Lessons from the management of red grouse and hen harriers in England
Conflicts between people over wildlife management are damaging, widespread, and notoriously difficult to resolve where people hold different values and worldviews. Cognitive approaches examining steps from human thought to action can help us understand conflict and explore strategies for their management. We focused on the conflict between hunters and conservationists over the management of red grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scoticus ) and hen harriers…
Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia
Beyond the community in participatory forest management: A governance network perspective
Analyzing procedural equity in government-led community-based forest management
Friedman, R. S., J. R. Rhodes, A. J. Dean, E. A. Law, T. Santika, S. Budiharta, J. A. Hutabarat, T. P. Indrawan, A. Kusworo, E. Meijaard, F. A. V. St. John, M. J. Struebig, and K. A. Wilson. 2020. Analyzing procedural equity in government-led community-based forest management. Ecology and Society 25(3):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11710-250316
A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation
Conservationists increasingly aim to understand human behaviour to inform intervention design. However, obtaining information from people about their behaviour can be challenging, particularly if the research topic is considered sensitive. Topic sensitivity may raise methodological, ethical, political and legal concerns which, if poorly addressed, can have significant impacts on research participants, the research process, data quality and the su…
Cross-Cultural Applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in Protected Area Contexts
Working mostly in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries, environmental psychologists have developed scales assessing relationships between pro-environmental beliefs and behaviors. Working in Tanzanian and Indonesian protected area landscapes, containing important biodiversity and conflict over human-nature interactions, we investigate the utility of the New Ecological Paradigm for measuring pro-environmental beliefs an…
Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo
Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this context, we implemented structured questionnaires across 28 villages in two forested landscapes of Central Kali…
Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among subscribers of nature organisations in England and Wales
Wild deer populations are increasing across the northern hemisphere, posing challenges to the environment and people. Deer impacts can be managed using lethal and non‐lethal practices, but research suggests lethal control receives mixed support. Differences in perspectives towards management practices may hinder collaborative, landscape‐scale strategies required to achieve resilient ecosystems and tree cover targets. Thus, understanding human‐dee…
Understanding Local Peoples’ Deforestation Decisions in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia
Indonesia's forests are amongst the world's most biodiverse; they provide critical climate benefits and support human well-being. Yet Indonesia has one of the highest rates of forest loss globally. Much of Sumatra's remaining tropical forest only exists within protected areas, which are increasingly threatened by small-scale land clearance. Using a case study from Gunung Leuser National Park, we combine factorial survey experiments with semi-stru…
Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict farmers' intention to report livestock depredation and kill hyena
Understanding and managing conservation conflicts is important for stakeholders (e.g. policymakers and practitioners) trying to minimise negative impacts on people and biodiversity. A key component of Namibia's community‐based natural resource management system, besides enabling communities to derive benefits from wildlife, is the monitoring of wildlife and reporting of negative wildlife impacts on human lives and livelihoods. Farmers across Nami…
Geography (12 works) · Business (7 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Livelihood (5 works)