The Rachel Carson Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in People and Nature written by an early career author at the start of their research career. Today, we are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for this year’s award, based on the previous (7th) volume of the journal.

Volume 7, Issues 1-12 in chronological order left to right

In alphabetical order by surname, this year’s shortlisted candidates are:

Crystal Arnold (She/her) | How can we re-envision care for weeds? Indigenous weed management on the Shoalhaven River

Marie Dago (She/her) | What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4W approach to the heart of the field

Spencer Greening (He/him) | Gugwilx’ya’ansk and Goats: Indigenous Perspectives on Governance, Management, and Relationality in Mountain Goat (Mati) Hunting in Gitga’at Territory

Oscar Jones (He/him) | Carbon and corms: Introduced ungulates and saltwater intrusion variably impact coastal floodplain ecosystem services in the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area, northern Australia.

Jaime Ojeda (He/him) | Reciprocal contributions in marine Indigenous stewardship: the case of Haida abalone gathering

Jaime Ojeda (He/him) | Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: Unveiling reciprocal contributions

Kevin Rozario (They/them) | Perceived biodiversity: is what we measure also what we see and hear?

Shweta Shivakumar (She/her) | Stories of coexistence: A narrative inquiry of leopard attacks on people

Zafarani Uwingabire (She/her) | Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision-making around nature: the case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe

Karl Zeller (He/him) | Danger versus fear: a key to understanding biophobia

Congratulations to all of our shortlisted researchers and all our early career authors. We will be announcing the overall winner soon, so stay tuned!