I am going to provide an answer which is rather indirect. There is a resident community, upstream the Port-Reitz Creek in Mombasa, Kenya. The resident population was, initially made up of local people. They understood the importance of mangroves as a habitat for fish, crabs, lobsters etc. Consequently, they conserved the mangrove habitat as it was bringing benefits in terms of income from fishing activities. They were not keeping any data in terms of fish catch income, but, all they knew was that life was good. Then came another community, initially, not resident to the area.

The new community saw the mangrove forest as a source of charcoal and building poles. They started harvesting these from the mangrove forest. The consequence was a decline in fish catch and income for the indigenous local population. This resulted in disharmony between the two communities occasioned by the resource use conflict. While I have some knowledge about this issue, I did not venture to find out if data was generated, However, my colleagues in Research Gate, particularly those involved in marine science studies, may have better insight on the subject. Does my answer tickle the mind of such one colleague to provide a more comprehensive answer to the questioner, I wonder?

Try studying about the Bhil Community in Rajasthan, India.

Thank you Emmanuel Vijayanand Murray, I will try to inform myself about this Indian community.

Thanks Saeed Mwaguni, it seems a very interesting topic (I'll look into it). However, I was more thinking about conflicts between human beings and fauna, let's see if any other colleague has another suggestion to add.

https://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/en/home

Thanks Elizabeth, an interesting initiative although I can not find information on issues related to social values (Maybe I did not see it?)

There are probably many examples from the fishing industry and what people want to eat. For example, the current popularity of eating crab claws risks serious damage and starvation to the discarded, clawless crabs.

For eels, the immigrating glass eel stage (civelles) has been a popular component of southern European cuisine, to the detriment of adult stocks.

Among freshwater crayfish, the 4 CRAYNET symposia studied socio-economic aspects of harvest of European species, published in the open-access Journal BFPP: Nos. 370-371 (2003) on keystone species notably white-clawed crayfish, linking science, management and economics with sustainable environmental quality; 372-373 (2004) on socio-economics and conservation of noble crayfish; 376-377 (2005) on land-use and habitat deterioration with reference to the stone crayfish, and 380-381 (2006), linking research and management strategies to conservation and socio-economic development of heritage species.

Thanks Julian D. Reynolds, it comes very close to the issues I want to examine. I will read these publications with interest.

Hi, you can find some very good papers here: Ruth Kansky , Silvio Marchini , David Macdonald . Good luck!

I remember reading a report from a few years ago, published by the French parcs naturels régionaux, dealing with residents' perceptions on local nature and on the social value of the parks.

Thanks Santiago Zuluaga and André Olavo Leite for your kind answers.

You could look into Ostrom's social-ecological systems (SES). There are also a number of studies about measuring well-being of humans in relation to different factors of wildlife. What comes to mind are studies about native americans and salmon. Check out The Heartbeat of Our People”: Identifying and Measuring How Salmon Influences Quinault Tribal Well-Being (Amberson et al., 2016). Biedenweg (second author) has also done much research on this topic.

Thanks Rebekah!

There are several studies on man - wildlife conflict in Biosphere reserves/ National parks, especially in Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary by Ms. Sivaganesan, Boominathan, Baskaran, Kumaraguru, Ashokkumar and others. For further details you may search literature.

Many thanks Asokan Subramanian.

Hi.

I recommend a recent and interesting paper about social value and local perception relating to one endangered species, the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), in an area of Navarra (mainland Spain). The reference of the paper in question is:

CORTÉS-AVIZANDA, A. et al. (2018). Stakeholders perceptions of the endangered Egyptian vulture: insights for conservation. Biological Conservation, 218: 173-180.

Best regards.

Here are links and pdf documents which will be useful:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458348/

https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00368.x

http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2016;volume=14;issue=3;spage=205;epage=217;aulast=Larson

I found this paper thought provoking: Sunetro Ghosal & Darley Jose Kjosavik (2015) Living with Leopards: Negotiating Morality and Modernity in Western India, Society & Natural Resources, 28:10,

1092-1107, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014597

Hi again.

I attach the pdf file of a paper centred in the social value and perception of a particular area within a protected area of Madeira Island (Portugal), the peninsula of Ponta de Sao Lourenço. It's one of the most visited sites in this island, both by locals and tourists, and the study offers interesting conclusions. I think this is one of the few articles about this matter related to the Macaronesian or Mid-Atlantic islands.

Best regards, and good luck in your work.

Many thanks Rubén Barone

Hi again.

I have found in Internet an interesting study about social perception and diagnostic in the management of a coastal area of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), which may be useful in your research:

https://acceda.ulpgc.es:8443/bitstream/10553/11393/4/0695536_00000_0000.pdf

Best regards.

again, thanks!

Hello Cristina,

for many years in Italy, especially in the north, studies have been carried out on the Human Dimension for coexistence with the wolf, which in the last two decades has regained its range lost last century due to hunting. Many mountain populations found themselves unprepared for the return of this large carnivore. I am attaching a report as an example. good things

Max

Helo Cristina,

Ireland's pastoral society has been dominant for thousands of years, leading to aggressive attitudes to predators from foxes to large birds of prey, in the belief that these take young lambs. Wolves were made extinct two centuries ago. Poisoning foxes has only been outlawed in the last decade, and poisons are still the main cause of eagle losses. There are many reports of this, mostly in the popular press.

Thank you very much Massimo Ceci. I will read the document carefully.

Recently we have been working especially on the dimension of damage caused to livestock ... The manuscript is on Researchgate: "Evolution of the damage caused by the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) to the Asturian livestock, between 1997 and 2016". Addressing the question of social values and the acceptance of wildlife remains our unfinished business.

Thank you very much Julian D. Reynolds, what you say about Ireland is very interesting, I will look for the information. Unfortunately, the use of poisons has also been very common and continues to be so in the Cantabrian mountains. Currently, there is a struggle to strike a balance between the development of certain human activities that can be considered beneficial (such as extensive livestock farming), and wildlife... But there are always human groups that resist going down the reasonable path.

Thank you very much José M. Fernández-Fernández

Best wishes from Asturias Chema,

Cristina

Cristina García-Hernández

Indiretamente tenho alguns estudos sobre sua temática, sobretudo com comunidades tradicionais na Amazônia, se interessar pode ver minhas pesquisas (Alexsande Oliveira Franco) aqui na plataforma (RG).

Thanks Alexsande, I will check it.

I have done such surveys on both flora and fauna.

For birds I used this:

https://bioone.org/journals/ornithology/volume-129/issue-1/auk.2011.11121/Attitudes-and-Actions-Toward-Birds-in-Urban-Areas--Human/10.1525/auk.2011.11121.full

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254133151_Attitudes_and_Actions_Toward_Birds_in_Urban_Areas_Human_Cultural_Differences_Influence_Bird_Behavior

This is another similar work done

Thanks Tusheema Dutta , I will read it!