New #OA Paper Alert! “Understanding debates about Asiatic cheetah conservation through media analysis” With #Mahshid_Hosseini, @meredithgore and @DNayeri
In this paper, we analyzed 91 interviews by 44 conservation stakeholders (academics, government, and NGO) in Persian-language media from January 2018 to December 2020. There is a heated debate on Asiatic cheetah conservation paradigms: In situ only VS In situ + ex situ
3) We found that media framed conservationists as agreeing on 1) the critical situation of #Asiatic_Cheetahs in #IRAN + 2) The need for high-level interventions for #conservation. They disagree on #In_situ only VS In situ + #ex_situ between academic and NGO interviewees.
4) Interviews presented a balance of thematic (year-round) and episodic around National and #International_Cheetah_Days. The current media debate was highly skewed toward non-local perspectives while views from reserve staffs were rarely (n = 2) reflected in the media.
5) We need more #inclusion and #diversity when interviewing conservation stakeholders (#DEI) Final Conclusion: “Disagreement in #premises, #threats, and #interventions confuse managers and potentially creates #procrastination of necessary actions”.
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