Brendon M H Larson
Biographic Data
| ID | 684069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendon M H Larson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendon M H |
| FAMILY NAME | Larson |
| SIGNATURE | LARSON B M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5623-3864 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Testing How Militaristic and Xenophobic Language Affects Engagement with Facebook Posts about Invasive Species
Invasive species are considered a significant threat to biodiversity and economic activities. Concerned stakeholders have adopted militaristic metaphors and xenophobic language to raise public awareness about the issue, yet communication theory provides conflicting guidance on whether this is likely to be effective. This research insight analyzes over 400,000 Facebook posts from North American stakeholders to find that stakeholder Facebook pages …
Navigating eco-anxiety and eco-detachment
Awareness of environmental problems such as climate change can motivate action, but educators debate whether to raise students’ awareness \ngiven that it may provoke eco-anxiety. We have even less understanding \nof how these relationships are affected by young people’s growing disconnection from nature. Through 28 semi-structured interviews in Canada and \nthe United Kingdom, we explore how educators perceive students’ nature \nconnection and ec…
What limits Muslim communities' access to nature? Barriers and opportunities in the United Kingdom
Recreation in protected areas can greatly contribute to health and wellbeing, but there exist significant demographic disparities in protected area use across Europe and North America. Minority ethnic groups, in particular, are often underrepresented in protected areas due to a variety of cultural, economic, and discriminatory barriers. Muslims are one of the fastest growing minority ethnic communities in Western countries but have received littl…
Accounting for diversity
Should we connect children to nature in the Anthropocene
To most conservationists and many parents, it seems obvious that it is a good thing to teach children to value the natural world. Not only does connection with nature support their development and well‐being, but it also supports ongoing efforts by humans to sustain the natural world. However, there are incontrovertible trends towards a diminution of the state of nature as a consequence of human activities. In this context, as a thought experimen…
Assessing climate change adaptation progress in Canada's protected areas
Climate change represents a new era for protected areas and biodiversity conservation. With the redistribution of species and unparalleled declines in biodiversity, business‐as‐usual practices are unlikely to be effective. Despite progress on many facets of establishing, protecting, and managing protected areas over the past century, some of which may help to lessen or slow the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, more targeted efforts need…
When screens replace backyards
Children’s connection to nature (CTN) is declining with each generation, a concerning trend given that CTN is positively linked to wellbeing and environmentalism. A primary cause of this decline is that twenty-first-century youth engage with screens for several hours each day, which to a large extent replaces nature-based play. Researchers have proposed that this change represents a transition in human orientation, particularly in Westernized soc…
Social-ecological drivers and impacts of invasion-related regime shifts
Feathered Roots and Migratory Routes
Human mobility necessitates that people adapt not only to a new society but also to a new natural environment and biodiversity. We use birds as biodiversity proxies to explore the place experiences of 26 Latin Americans adapting to Canada and the United States. Using interviews with open-ended questions, we prompted participants to identify birds that were linked to remarkable experiences in both places of origin and immigration, which we coded r…
Private landowners and environmental conservation
Drescher, M., G. Keith Warriner, J. R. Farmer, and B. M.H. Larson. 2017. Private landowners and environmental conservation: a case study of social-psychological determinants of conservation program participation in Ontario. Ecology and Society 22(1):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09118-220144
New Wine and Old Wineskins? Novel Ecosystems and Conceptual Change
The concept of novel ecosystems (CNE) has been proposed as a way to recognize the extent and value of ecosystems that have been irreversibly transformed by human activity. Although the CNE has recently been subject to critique, existing critiques do not appear to seriously engage with the extent of anthropogenic change to the world’s ecosystems. Here, I seek to provide a deeper, philosophical and constructive critique, specifically arguing that t…
Committing to ecological restoration
Efforts around the globe need legal and policy clarification
Embodying the path of sustainability
The Role of Scientism in Myth-making for the Anthropocene
The subjectivist states his judgements whereas the objectivist sweeps them under the carpet by calling assumptions knowledge (Bradshaw and Bekoff 2001: 462)
Adapting forest certification to climate change
In the context of climate change, the forest sector must consider the extent to which sustainable forest management enables or constrains climate change adaptation and mitigation; it may be that existing values and principles, policies and decision‐making processes, and institutions are no longer appropriate. Forest certification has emerged as an important arena for setting international and regional standards for forest management, but it is un…
The assisted migration of western larch in British Columbia
A rhetorical analysis of the scientific debate over assisted colonization
Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability
Participation Under Time Constraints
Participatory approaches to environmental management often require lengthy periods for stakeholder involvement, but this may not always be feasible. For example, recent policy papers have emphasized the need for “rapid response” programs to eradicate newly detected invasive species before they spread. We review previous theory to demonstrate three challenges of integrating public participation in rapid response programs. We explore these in a cas…
Reweaving Narratives About Humans and Invasive Species
Invasive species have become a key theme in environmental science over the past several decades, with our usual conception of them being quite oppositional. Since many of them are here to stay, however, we require a more flexible and evolving conception that can respond to diverse stakeholder perspectives and values. It must also highlight the role of humans in their creation and spread. Here, I present a variety of ways of looking at these speci…
Communicating Biological Sciences
Contents: Preface Communicating biological sciences an introduction, Brigitte Nerlich, Richard Elliott and Brendon Larson Part I Setting the Scene: Issues of Hype, Hubris and Humility in Science Communication and Citizen Participation: How journalism can hide the truth about science, Elmien Wolvaardt Technologies of humility: citizen participation in governing science, Sheila Jasanoff. Part II Science Communication, Ethics and Framing: Models and…
Metaphors and Biorisks
This article seeks to construct a comparative investigation of the role and application of militaristic metaphors in three contested areas of science-society discourse (invasive species, foot-and-mouth disease, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). It examines differences in the uses of metaphors and the role played by the emergence or neglect of critical linguistic engagement in these areas of public concern. It contributes to debates about th…
Metaphors and Biorisks
This article seeks to construct a comparative investigation of the role and application of militaristic metaphors in three contested areas of science-society discourse (invasive species, foot-and-mouth disease, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). It examines differences in the uses of metaphors and the role played by the emergence or neglect of critical linguistic engagement in these areas of public concern. It contributes to debates about th…
When screens replace backyards
Children’s connection to nature (CTN) is declining with each generation, a concerning trend given that CTN is positively linked to wellbeing and environmentalism. A primary cause of this decline is that twenty-first-century youth engage with screens for several hours each day, which to a large extent replaces nature-based play. Researchers have proposed that this change represents a transition in human orientation, particularly in Westernized soc…
A rhetorical analysis of the scientific debate over assisted colonization
What limits Muslim communities' access to nature? Barriers and opportunities in the United Kingdom
Recreation in protected areas can greatly contribute to health and wellbeing, but there exist significant demographic disparities in protected area use across Europe and North America. Minority ethnic groups, in particular, are often underrepresented in protected areas due to a variety of cultural, economic, and discriminatory barriers. Muslims are one of the fastest growing minority ethnic communities in Western countries but have received littl…
Social-ecological drivers and impacts of invasion-related regime shifts
Participation Under Time Constraints
Participatory approaches to environmental management often require lengthy periods for stakeholder involvement, but this may not always be feasible. For example, recent policy papers have emphasized the need for “rapid response” programs to eradicate newly detected invasive species before they spread. We review previous theory to demonstrate three challenges of integrating public participation in rapid response programs. We explore these in a cas…
Reweaving Narratives About Humans and Invasive Species
Invasive species have become a key theme in environmental science over the past several decades, with our usual conception of them being quite oppositional. Since many of them are here to stay, however, we require a more flexible and evolving conception that can respond to diverse stakeholder perspectives and values. It must also highlight the role of humans in their creation and spread. Here, I present a variety of ways of looking at these speci…
Private landowners and environmental conservation
Drescher, M., G. Keith Warriner, J. R. Farmer, and B. M.H. Larson. 2017. Private landowners and environmental conservation: a case study of social-psychological determinants of conservation program participation in Ontario. Ecology and Society 22(1):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09118-220144
The assisted migration of western larch in British Columbia
Navigating eco-anxiety and eco-detachment
Awareness of environmental problems such as climate change can motivate action, but educators debate whether to raise students’ awareness \ngiven that it may provoke eco-anxiety. We have even less understanding \nof how these relationships are affected by young people’s growing disconnection from nature. Through 28 semi-structured interviews in Canada and \nthe United Kingdom, we explore how educators perceive students’ nature \nconnection and ec…
Assessing climate change adaptation progress in Canada's protected areas
Climate change represents a new era for protected areas and biodiversity conservation. With the redistribution of species and unparalleled declines in biodiversity, business‐as‐usual practices are unlikely to be effective. Despite progress on many facets of establishing, protecting, and managing protected areas over the past century, some of which may help to lessen or slow the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, more targeted efforts need…
Metaphors and Biorisks
This article seeks to construct a comparative investigation of the role and application of militaristic metaphors in three contested areas of science-society discourse (invasive species, foot-and-mouth disease, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). It examines differences in the uses of metaphors and the role played by the emergence or neglect of critical linguistic engagement in these areas of public concern. It contributes to debates about th…
Communicating Biological Sciences
Contents: Preface Communicating biological sciences an introduction, Brigitte Nerlich, Richard Elliott and Brendon Larson Part I Setting the Scene: Issues of Hype, Hubris and Humility in Science Communication and Citizen Participation: How journalism can hide the truth about science, Elmien Wolvaardt Technologies of humility: citizen participation in governing science, Sheila Jasanoff. Part II Science Communication, Ethics and Framing: Models and…
Participation Under Time Constraints
Participatory approaches to environmental management often require lengthy periods for stakeholder involvement, but this may not always be feasible. For example, recent policy papers have emphasized the need for “rapid response” programs to eradicate newly detected invasive species before they spread. We review previous theory to demonstrate three challenges of integrating public participation in rapid response programs. We explore these in a cas…
Reweaving Narratives About Humans and Invasive Species
Invasive species have become a key theme in environmental science over the past several decades, with our usual conception of them being quite oppositional. Since many of them are here to stay, however, we require a more flexible and evolving conception that can respond to diverse stakeholder perspectives and values. It must also highlight the role of humans in their creation and spread. Here, I present a variety of ways of looking at these speci…
Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability
A rhetorical analysis of the scientific debate over assisted colonization
Adapting forest certification to climate change
In the context of climate change, the forest sector must consider the extent to which sustainable forest management enables or constrains climate change adaptation and mitigation; it may be that existing values and principles, policies and decision‐making processes, and institutions are no longer appropriate. Forest certification has emerged as an important arena for setting international and regional standards for forest management, but it is un…
The assisted migration of western larch in British Columbia
Committing to ecological restoration
Efforts around the globe need legal and policy clarification
Embodying the path of sustainability
The Role of Scientism in Myth-making for the Anthropocene
The subjectivist states his judgements whereas the objectivist sweeps them under the carpet by calling assumptions knowledge (Bradshaw and Bekoff 2001: 462)
New Wine and Old Wineskins? Novel Ecosystems and Conceptual Change
The concept of novel ecosystems (CNE) has been proposed as a way to recognize the extent and value of ecosystems that have been irreversibly transformed by human activity. Although the CNE has recently been subject to critique, existing critiques do not appear to seriously engage with the extent of anthropogenic change to the world’s ecosystems. Here, I seek to provide a deeper, philosophical and constructive critique, specifically arguing that t…
Feathered Roots and Migratory Routes
Human mobility necessitates that people adapt not only to a new society but also to a new natural environment and biodiversity. We use birds as biodiversity proxies to explore the place experiences of 26 Latin Americans adapting to Canada and the United States. Using interviews with open-ended questions, we prompted participants to identify birds that were linked to remarkable experiences in both places of origin and immigration, which we coded r…
Private landowners and environmental conservation
Drescher, M., G. Keith Warriner, J. R. Farmer, and B. M.H. Larson. 2017. Private landowners and environmental conservation: a case study of social-psychological determinants of conservation program participation in Ontario. Ecology and Society 22(1):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09118-220144
Social-ecological drivers and impacts of invasion-related regime shifts
When screens replace backyards
Children’s connection to nature (CTN) is declining with each generation, a concerning trend given that CTN is positively linked to wellbeing and environmentalism. A primary cause of this decline is that twenty-first-century youth engage with screens for several hours each day, which to a large extent replaces nature-based play. Researchers have proposed that this change represents a transition in human orientation, particularly in Westernized soc…
Assessing climate change adaptation progress in Canada's protected areas
Climate change represents a new era for protected areas and biodiversity conservation. With the redistribution of species and unparalleled declines in biodiversity, business‐as‐usual practices are unlikely to be effective. Despite progress on many facets of establishing, protecting, and managing protected areas over the past century, some of which may help to lessen or slow the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, more targeted efforts need…
Accounting for diversity
Should we connect children to nature in the Anthropocene
To most conservationists and many parents, it seems obvious that it is a good thing to teach children to value the natural world. Not only does connection with nature support their development and well‐being, but it also supports ongoing efforts by humans to sustain the natural world. However, there are incontrovertible trends towards a diminution of the state of nature as a consequence of human activities. In this context, as a thought experimen…
Navigating eco-anxiety and eco-detachment
Awareness of environmental problems such as climate change can motivate action, but educators debate whether to raise students’ awareness \ngiven that it may provoke eco-anxiety. We have even less understanding \nof how these relationships are affected by young people’s growing disconnection from nature. Through 28 semi-structured interviews in Canada and \nthe United Kingdom, we explore how educators perceive students’ nature \nconnection and ec…
What limits Muslim communities' access to nature? Barriers and opportunities in the United Kingdom
Recreation in protected areas can greatly contribute to health and wellbeing, but there exist significant demographic disparities in protected area use across Europe and North America. Minority ethnic groups, in particular, are often underrepresented in protected areas due to a variety of cultural, economic, and discriminatory barriers. Muslims are one of the fastest growing minority ethnic communities in Western countries but have received littl…
Testing How Militaristic and Xenophobic Language Affects Engagement with Facebook Posts about Invasive Species
Invasive species are considered a significant threat to biodiversity and economic activities. Concerned stakeholders have adopted militaristic metaphors and xenophobic language to raise public awareness about the issue, yet communication theory provides conflicting guidance on whether this is likely to be effective. This research insight analyzes over 400,000 Facebook posts from North American stakeholders to find that stakeholder Facebook pages …
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Geography (10 works) · Biology (9 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Environmental ethics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 works)