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Motivations behind conservation volunteering revealed

Motivations behind conservation volunteering revealed

September 2012

A new study investigating what motivates people to conserve other species – and offer up their time voluntarily to help achieve this – reveals that empathy and guilt drive the behaviour.

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Conservation management, Social impacts
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Sterilisation of elephants affects their behaviour

Sterilisation of elephants affects their behaviour

January 2010

Results from a long-term study on the behaviour of vasectomised elephants in South Africa imply that this contraceptive method can have a considerable impact on the behaviour of the herd.

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Africa, Conservation management, Mammals
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