Duan Biggs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3707976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Duan Biggs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Duan |
| FAMILY NAME | Biggs |
| SIGNATURE | BIGGS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3177-4677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Human–wildlife coexistence and social context: Evidence from farmer communities in southern Sri Lanka
Studies on human–wildlife interactions (HWI) often focus on conflict mitigation studies, thus overlooking underlying factors that influence community decisions to coexist with wildlife. To address this knowledge gap, we collected empirical evidence of how community interactions with wildlife are shaped by their social contexts. In this study, values, norms and knowledge are referred to as the social context of communities that influence human–wil…
Enduring cultural legacies affect Euro-American wildlife values
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity
Greenlash’ and reactionary stakeholders in environmental governance: An analysis of soy farmers against zero deforestation in Brazil
The rapid disappearance of tropical forests has led to increased adoption of sustainability commitments. However, implementing zero-deforestation commitments faces numerous challenges, including resistance from those who benefit from the current practices in agricultural commodity-exporting countries, such as large-scale farmers. This study focuses on industrial soy farmers in Tocantins, a Brazilian state in the Cerrado ecoregion with high soy-dr…
Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains
Political will is a critical determinant of the success or failure of environmental policies and interventions. Harnessing the political will necessary to implement environmental solutions can be challenging because environmental priorities may compete with other societal interests in policymaking. Environmental solutions are more politically feasible if fundamentally aligned with the core interests of key policymakers. Understanding the politica…
Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine to strengthen conservation outcomes
Numerous treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) involve the use of wildlife products, including some that utilize ingredients derived from endangered flora and fauna. Demand for such endangered wildlife products in TCM can threaten the survival of species and pose serious challenges for conservation. Chinese medical practice is embedded in the cultural fabric of many societies in East and Southeast Asia, and remains an integral part of …
What influences and inhibits reduction of deforestation in the soy supply chain? A mental model perspective
Understanding the bushmeat hunting crisis in African savannas using fuzzy cognitive mapping and stakeholder knowledge
Van Velden, J. L., B. H. Moyo, H. Ross, and D. Biggs. 2020. Understanding the bushmeat hunting crisis in African savannas using fuzzy cognitive mapping and stakeholder knowledge. Ecology and Society 25(3):21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11873-250321
How conservation initiatives go to scale
Improving conservation practice with principles and tools from systems thinking and evaluation
Achieving nature conservation goals require grappling with ‘wicked’ problems. These intractable problems arise from the complexity and dynamism of the social–ecological systems in which they are embedded. To enhance their ability to address these problems, conservation professionals are increasingly looking to the transdisciplines of systems thinking and evaluation, which provide philosophies, theories, methods, tools and approaches that show pro…
Frame” capture – why the war on poaching can never be won: About the John Hanks' book Operation Lock and the war on rhino poaching
This essay is an extended and critical review, of John Hanks' book Operation Lock and the war on rhino poaching, which is an insider account of hitherto untold stories of a secretive undercover operation to gather intelligence to counter the ongoing slaughter of Africa's elephants and rhinos. Our critique employs the metaphor “ecology of mind”, following Gregory Bateson, to highlight how so much conservation effort with an espoused focus on impro…
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Studying the complexity of change: Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding Deliberate Social-Ecological Transformations
Moore, M.-L., O. Tjornbo, E. Enfors, C. Knapp, J. Hodbod, J. A. Baggio, A. Norström, P. Olsson, and D. Biggs. 2014. Studying the complexity of change: toward an analytical framework for understanding deliberate social-ecological transformations. Ecology and Society 19(4): 54. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06966-190454
Financing Marine Protected Areas Through Visitor Fees: Insights from Tourists Willingness to Pay in Chile
Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and management policies. Using the literature, we identify seven generic policy-relevant principles for enhancing the resilience of desired ES in the face of disturbance and ongoing change in social-ecological systems (SES). These principles are (P1) maintain diversity and r…
The resilience of formal and informal tourism enterprises to disasters: Reef tourism in Phuket, Thailand
This paper explores the resilience of vulnerable tourism sectors to disasters in a period of global change and interdependence. The coral reef tourism industry is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and economic and political shocks. The paper also explains why enterprise resilience is central to sustainable tourism management, for economic, socio-cultural and environmental reasons. It extends the concepts of ecological and social resilience t…
The value of avitourism for conservation and job creation-An analysis from South Africa
Tourism directed at bird watching (avitourism) has become increasingly popular. In many lower and middle-income countries, including South Africa, avitourism is being applied in an effort to simultaneously achieve community development and biodiversity conservation. This paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation of 11 community-based avitourism projects in South Africa. Conservation benefits were measured with the Threat Reductio…
Understanding Resilience in a Vulnerable Industry: The Case of Reef Tourism in Australia
Understanding the resilience of vulnerable sectors of social-ecological systems is critical in an era of escalating global change. The coral reef tourism sector is highly vulnerable not only to ecological effects of climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances on reefs, but also to shocks such as economic recession and energy price escalation. Commercial tourism enterprises are key players in reef tourism in Australia and elsewhere. Howeve…
Are We Entering an Era of Concatenated Global Crises
An increase in the frequency and intensity of environmental crises associated with accelerating human-induced global change is of substantial concern to policy makers. The potential impacts, especially on the poor, are exacerbated in an increasingly connected world that enables the emergence of crises that are coupled in time and space. We discuss two factors that can interact to contribute to such an increased concatenation of crises: (1) the in…
The Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry
Studying the complexity of change: Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding Deliberate Social-Ecological Transformations
Moore, M.-L., O. Tjornbo, E. Enfors, C. Knapp, J. Hodbod, J. A. Baggio, A. Norström, P. Olsson, and D. Biggs. 2014. Studying the complexity of change: toward an analytical framework for understanding deliberate social-ecological transformations. Ecology and Society 19(4): 54. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06966-190454
Understanding Resilience in a Vulnerable Industry: The Case of Reef Tourism in Australia
Understanding the resilience of vulnerable sectors of social-ecological systems is critical in an era of escalating global change. The coral reef tourism sector is highly vulnerable not only to ecological effects of climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances on reefs, but also to shocks such as economic recession and energy price escalation. Commercial tourism enterprises are key players in reef tourism in Australia and elsewhere. Howeve…
Improving conservation practice with principles and tools from systems thinking and evaluation
Achieving nature conservation goals require grappling with ‘wicked’ problems. These intractable problems arise from the complexity and dynamism of the social–ecological systems in which they are embedded. To enhance their ability to address these problems, conservation professionals are increasingly looking to the transdisciplines of systems thinking and evaluation, which provide philosophies, theories, methods, tools and approaches that show pro…
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Are We Entering an Era of Concatenated Global Crises
An increase in the frequency and intensity of environmental crises associated with accelerating human-induced global change is of substantial concern to policy makers. The potential impacts, especially on the poor, are exacerbated in an increasingly connected world that enables the emergence of crises that are coupled in time and space. We discuss two factors that can interact to contribute to such an increased concatenation of crises: (1) the in…
How conservation initiatives go to scale
Greenlash’ and reactionary stakeholders in environmental governance: An analysis of soy farmers against zero deforestation in Brazil
The rapid disappearance of tropical forests has led to increased adoption of sustainability commitments. However, implementing zero-deforestation commitments faces numerous challenges, including resistance from those who benefit from the current practices in agricultural commodity-exporting countries, such as large-scale farmers. This study focuses on industrial soy farmers in Tocantins, a Brazilian state in the Cerrado ecoregion with high soy-dr…
What influences and inhibits reduction of deforestation in the soy supply chain? A mental model perspective
Financing Marine Protected Areas Through Visitor Fees: Insights from Tourists Willingness to Pay in Chile
The Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry
The resilience of formal and informal tourism enterprises to disasters: Reef tourism in Phuket, Thailand
This paper explores the resilience of vulnerable tourism sectors to disasters in a period of global change and interdependence. The coral reef tourism industry is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and economic and political shocks. The paper also explains why enterprise resilience is central to sustainable tourism management, for economic, socio-cultural and environmental reasons. It extends the concepts of ecological and social resilience t…
The value of avitourism for conservation and job creation-An analysis from South Africa
Tourism directed at bird watching (avitourism) has become increasingly popular. In many lower and middle-income countries, including South Africa, avitourism is being applied in an effort to simultaneously achieve community development and biodiversity conservation. This paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation of 11 community-based avitourism projects in South Africa. Conservation benefits were measured with the Threat Reductio…
Understanding Resilience in a Vulnerable Industry: The Case of Reef Tourism in Australia
Understanding the resilience of vulnerable sectors of social-ecological systems is critical in an era of escalating global change. The coral reef tourism sector is highly vulnerable not only to ecological effects of climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances on reefs, but also to shocks such as economic recession and energy price escalation. Commercial tourism enterprises are key players in reef tourism in Australia and elsewhere. Howeve…
Are We Entering an Era of Concatenated Global Crises
An increase in the frequency and intensity of environmental crises associated with accelerating human-induced global change is of substantial concern to policy makers. The potential impacts, especially on the poor, are exacerbated in an increasingly connected world that enables the emergence of crises that are coupled in time and space. We discuss two factors that can interact to contribute to such an increased concatenation of crises: (1) the in…
Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and management policies. Using the literature, we identify seven generic policy-relevant principles for enhancing the resilience of desired ES in the face of disturbance and ongoing change in social-ecological systems (SES). These principles are (P1) maintain diversity and r…
Financing Marine Protected Areas Through Visitor Fees: Insights from Tourists Willingness to Pay in Chile
Studying the complexity of change: Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding Deliberate Social-Ecological Transformations
Moore, M.-L., O. Tjornbo, E. Enfors, C. Knapp, J. Hodbod, J. A. Baggio, A. Norström, P. Olsson, and D. Biggs. 2014. Studying the complexity of change: toward an analytical framework for understanding deliberate social-ecological transformations. Ecology and Society 19(4): 54. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06966-190454
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Frame” capture – why the war on poaching can never be won: About the John Hanks' book Operation Lock and the war on rhino poaching
This essay is an extended and critical review, of John Hanks' book Operation Lock and the war on rhino poaching, which is an insider account of hitherto untold stories of a secretive undercover operation to gather intelligence to counter the ongoing slaughter of Africa's elephants and rhinos. Our critique employs the metaphor “ecology of mind”, following Gregory Bateson, to highlight how so much conservation effort with an espoused focus on impro…
How conservation initiatives go to scale
Improving conservation practice with principles and tools from systems thinking and evaluation
Achieving nature conservation goals require grappling with ‘wicked’ problems. These intractable problems arise from the complexity and dynamism of the social–ecological systems in which they are embedded. To enhance their ability to address these problems, conservation professionals are increasingly looking to the transdisciplines of systems thinking and evaluation, which provide philosophies, theories, methods, tools and approaches that show pro…
What influences and inhibits reduction of deforestation in the soy supply chain? A mental model perspective
Understanding the bushmeat hunting crisis in African savannas using fuzzy cognitive mapping and stakeholder knowledge
Van Velden, J. L., B. H. Moyo, H. Ross, and D. Biggs. 2020. Understanding the bushmeat hunting crisis in African savannas using fuzzy cognitive mapping and stakeholder knowledge. Ecology and Society 25(3):21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11873-250321
Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine to strengthen conservation outcomes
Numerous treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) involve the use of wildlife products, including some that utilize ingredients derived from endangered flora and fauna. Demand for such endangered wildlife products in TCM can threaten the survival of species and pose serious challenges for conservation. Chinese medical practice is embedded in the cultural fabric of many societies in East and Southeast Asia, and remains an integral part of …
Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains
Political will is a critical determinant of the success or failure of environmental policies and interventions. Harnessing the political will necessary to implement environmental solutions can be challenging because environmental priorities may compete with other societal interests in policymaking. Environmental solutions are more politically feasible if fundamentally aligned with the core interests of key policymakers. Understanding the politica…
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity
Greenlash’ and reactionary stakeholders in environmental governance: An analysis of soy farmers against zero deforestation in Brazil
The rapid disappearance of tropical forests has led to increased adoption of sustainability commitments. However, implementing zero-deforestation commitments faces numerous challenges, including resistance from those who benefit from the current practices in agricultural commodity-exporting countries, such as large-scale farmers. This study focuses on industrial soy farmers in Tocantins, a Brazilian state in the Cerrado ecoregion with high soy-dr…
Human–wildlife coexistence and social context: Evidence from farmer communities in southern Sri Lanka
Studies on human–wildlife interactions (HWI) often focus on conflict mitigation studies, thus overlooking underlying factors that influence community decisions to coexist with wildlife. To address this knowledge gap, we collected empirical evidence of how community interactions with wildlife are shaped by their social contexts. In this study, values, norms and knowledge are referred to as the social context of communities that influence human–wil…
Enduring cultural legacies affect Euro-American wildlife values
Business (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works)