Journal article
The role of diverse cultural identities in the perceived value of urban forests in Melbourne, Australia, and implications for urban ecosystem research and practice
CO Barona, C Sonkkila, JM Baumann, CG Threlfall, DF Hochuli, RA Fuller, M Davern, SJ Livesley
Ecology and Society | Published : 2023
Abstract
Urban nature management is usually guided by the most common, frequently mentioned, or easily elicited perceptions expressed by a dominant cultural group. This is unlikely to encourage widespread community support or foster urban nature stewardship in the long run. Considering how people representing diverse cultural identities perceive the value of urban nature is key to meeting diverse community needs. In this study we explore how people not born in Australia, people who speak a language-other-than-English (LOTE), and people who self-identify as speaking a minority language, perceive the value of urban treed sites, trees at these sites, and the wildlife at these sites. We used an intercept..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Dr. Dave Kendal of Future in Nature Pty Ltd, Australia, and Dr. Rodney van der Ree of WTP Pty Ltd, Australia, and the University of Melbourne, for their support. We also thank Dave Callow and Kelly Herzog from the City of Melbourne; David Grant, Mary Spencer, Daniel Siemensma, and James Guy of the City of Ballarat; and Alex English from the City of Moreland. We thank the City of Yarra for allowing us to research their city park. Funding for this project was provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Partnership grant (#LP160100780) - Managing urban trees for people and wildlife. Author CGT was supported by the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program through the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL) and by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Fellowship (DE200101226). CO was supported by funding provided by the University of Toronto, and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Partnership Development Grant (No. 511621).