Recording: Understanding the Role of Conservation Social Science in Improving Natural Resource Management Adaptations

Wednesday, March 19 at 1pm ET
via Zoom

Abstract:

Climate impacts are creating management challenges in protected areas and are driving managers to adapt to change. Adaptation, as with all human behavior, is shaped by complex social, political, cultural, and economic systems that create barriers to action. Conservation social science is a lens with which to understand behavior. Examining applications in two case studies from Antarctica and the U.S. National Parks can help us better utilize social science and implement more effective adaptation solutions.

Speaker:

Julianne Reas – Social Scientist

Julianne Reas is passionate about utilizing social science to advance conservation and climate adaptation on public lands. She holds a Bachelor’s in communication and a Master’s in natural resource management from North Carolina State University, where she was a SE CASC Global Change Research Fellow. She has contributed to social science work in protected areas as an intern with both Grand Teton National Park and the National Park Service’s Climate Change Response Program, as well as serving as an IUCN delegate at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings in 2023.