We don’t all relate to or value nature in the same way. Opinions can differ on why nature is important or valuable to us. In this Green Shoots webinar, Angus Monro Smith from Wageningen University presents work on developing a psychometric scale which is intended to help operationalise the Nature Futures Framework in quantitative survey research.

Using their own work from Denmark and presenting insights from the field of environmental valuation in general, Tim De Kruiff and Jette Bredahl Jacobsen explore the economics of rewilding by looking at the potential impacts of rewilding and nature management on the recreational and broader societal value of natural areas.

Martin Mikoláš and Rhiannon Gloor discuss safeguarding the pristine wilderness of the Carpathian Mountains in the context of new research on the ineffectiveness of protected area management in Europe as an example of the importance of conservation strategies to halt the rapid disappearance of the last of temperate Europe’s primary forests and their unique biodiversity.

Nacho Villar and Liesbeth Bakar discuss how large wildlife can help us to fight against climate change in different regions of the world, from tropical forests to tundra ecosystems, discussing the current state-of-the-art about some ecological processes through which large wildlife can contribute towards climate change mitigation and adaptation.