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Nature and People

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Our 'nature and people' theme covers research on the relationship between humans and nature and includes the following projects:

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Nature's contribution to people and community engagement content A plus sign with coloured textures.

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Nature's contribution to people and community engagement

This research focusses on the socio-cultural and economic perceptions of beaver presence in the environment.

PhDs

Ecotourism and freshwater biodiversity in Scottish lochs. content A plus sign with coloured textures.

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Ecotourism and freshwater biodiversity in Scottish lochs.

This thesis enriches understandings of people’s perceptions of freshwater biodiversity and fish, and its implication for conservation and messaging in an ecotourism context.

Comparing social interaction and connection to nature in open water and indoor swimming content A plus sign with coloured textures.

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Comparing social interaction and connection to nature in open water and indoor swimming

This study aims to investigate if open water swimming provides the benefits gained from having good social connections and spending time in the natural world, and whether these variables influence levels of resilience.

An interpretation of wild swimming in the Scottish Highlands content A plus sign with coloured textures.

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An interpretation of wild swimming in the Scottish Highlands

How do flow state and the therapeutic landscape shape wild swimmers’ subjective experience of wellbeing?

The governance of rewilding in Scotland: disclosure, process and practice. content A plus sign with coloured textures.

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The governance of rewilding in Scotland: disclosure, process and practice.

This thesis achieves a better understanding of rewilding governance and the processes which frame and steer rewilding within Scotland, with a particular interest in the ideas and practice of participation and the place of local communities in rewilding endeavours.