Michael Lockwood

Clement, S., S. A. Moore, and M. Lockwood. 2016. Letting the managers manage: analyzing capacity to conserve biodiversity in a cross-border protected area network. Ecology and Society 21(3):39.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08171-210339

McDonald, J., P. C. McCormack, A. J. Fleming, R. M. B Harris, and M. Lockwood. 2016. Rethinking legal objectives for climate-adaptive conservation. Ecology and Society 21(2):25.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08460-210225

Lockwood, M., C. M. Raymond, E. Oczkowski, and M. Morrison. 2015. Measuring the dimensions of adaptive capacity: a psychometric approach. Ecology and Society 20(1): 37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07203-200137

Lockwood, M., M. Mitchell, S. A. Moore, and S. Clement. 2014. Biodiversity governance and social-ecological system dynamics: transformation in the Australian Alps. Ecology and Society 19(2): 13.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06393-190213

Connectivity initiatives typically require conservation action on private lands as a complement to public reserve systems, so they are more likely to succeed if underpinned by knowledge of the social factors influencing landholders' participation. Using a combination of social survey and market research techniques, we identify spatially referenced landholder segments. Using a number of behavioral and attitudinal constructs, including three psychographic constructs not previously used for identifying segments—sense of place, lifestyle motives, and nature values—we identify three lifestyler and two farmer segments, and show that the characteristics of lifestyler segments are more nuanced than previously thought. Preferences for four corridor connectivity initiatives are found to differ across landholder segments, which indicates the importance using a targeted approach for designing connectivity conservation programs. The results highlight the importance for achieving corridor connectivity of the Blue Collar Lifestyler segment, a lower sociodemographic segment not previously identified in the literature.

Sense of place is an important concept for understanding how people construct relations with their surroundings. A thorough analysis of place meanings needs to consider (1) natural and anthropogenic features that are the sources of place formation; (2) scales over which these features occur; (3) the range of potential responses to these features; and (4) functional and emotional forms of place attachment. However, previous approaches to assessing sense of place have not encompassed all these elements. Using case studies of two Tasmanian protected areas, we demonstrate a mixed-method approach that enabled comprehensive assessment of stakeholders’ senses of place.