scholarly journals Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia V Bragina ◽  
Anthony R Ives ◽  
Anna M Pidgeon ◽  
Linas Balčiauskas ◽  
Sándor Csányi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
Wildlife Population

scholarly journals Socioeconomics drive population change in the world's largest carnivores

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Frederick Johnson ◽  
Nick J.B. Isaac ◽  
Agustin Paviolo ◽  
Manuela Gonzalez-Saurez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
Wildlife Population ◽  
Development Goals

Land-use and climate change have been linked to wildlife population declines, but the role of socioeconomic factors in driving declines, and promoting population recoveries, remains relatively unexplored despite its likely importance. Here, we evaluate a comprehensive array of potential drivers of population changes observed in some of the world's most charismatic species - large mammalian carnivores. Our results reveal a strong role of human socioeconomic development, which we find has a greater impact on population change than habitat loss and climate change. Increases in socioeconomic development are linked to sharp population declines but, importantly, once development is high, carnivore populations have the potential to recover. These links between human development and wildlife population health highlight the challenges ahead to achieve the different UN Sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals Global donkey and mule populations: Figures and trends

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0247830
Author(s):  
Stuart L. Norris ◽  
Holly A. Little ◽  
Joseph Ryding ◽  
Zoe Raw
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Population Estimates ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
African Region ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

Knowing how many donkeys there are in specific countries where welfare is compromised is a key concern for targeting efforts to improve donkey welfare. Additionally, accurate population estimates are vital for providing evidence and addressing the impact of population threats. The FAO annually report the number of donkeys and mules in each country. The last paper to investigate global and region trends dates back to 2000 and used FAO data from 1961 to 1997. This paper is an update focusing on global, regional and country level donkey and mule populations to understand if there have been any changes in the trends reported by the previous study between 1997 and 2018. Results show that the general trend identified between 1961 and 1997 is continuing with the number of donkeys globally increasing at a rate of ~1% per annum whilst mule populations are in decline at a rate of ~2% per annum. Results also suggest that the trend identified in the original paper are still evident today with the largest increases in donkey population seen in the sub-Saharan African region and greatest reduction noted in Eastern Europe with these two regions having different socio-economic drivers influencing these changes. These results highlight the multifaceted socio-economic drivers influence changes in donkey and mule populations demonstrating the complexity of designing targeted one-welfare approaches. Whilst the FAO donkey and mule datasets are the best available for understanding spatial-temporal distributions in populations there needs to be greater effort to promote the communication of information from the country level to the FAO. This can be directly supported by NGO’s by promoting the robustness of the FAO process for collating and disseminating this information. NGO’s should also seek to highlight the importance of this information for understanding global regional and country level drivers for equid population changes and potential threats to welfare as well as using this information to facilitate projects that support one-welfare approaches.

The Self-Description Questionnaire-1: A Lithuanian Application

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
Anne McCreary Juhasz ◽  
Aldona Walker ◽  
Nijole Janvlaitiene
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
And Gender

Analysis of the responses of 139 male and 83 female Lithuanian 12-14 year-olds to a translation of the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 (SDQ-1; Marsh, 1988 ) supported the internal consistency and factor structure of this instrument. Some evidence of a “positivity” response bias was found, however. Comparison of the Lithuanian responses to those of like-aged Australian, Chinese, Filipino, Nepalese, and Nigerian children indicated the Lithuanians tended to report rather lower self-esteem. The Lithuanian males also tended to report lower self-esteem than their female peers. Interpretation of the results are considered in terms of reactions to the recent upheavals in Eastern Europe, stable cultural dimensions, and possible cultural and gender biases in the items of the SDQ-1.

DC-S and ERI Models in Eastern Europe: Kaunas, Lithuania

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Pikhart ◽  
M. Bobak ◽  
M. Marmot ◽  
A. Tamosiunas ◽  
S. Domarkiene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe
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