Activism and Conservation Behavior in an Environmental Movement: The Contradictory Effects of Gender

Tindall, David B.; Davies, Scott; Mauboulès, Céline

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“…Women tended to be less satisfied with public participation in forest management decision-making at the provincial level; this accords to some degree with the wider environmental sociology literature (e.g., Tindall et al 2003), which has often (but not always) found that women tend to be more concerned about (some) environmental issues (than men). Reed and Varghese (2007) found similar results in their examination of gender representation in Canadian public advisory groups, and also found that women face barriers to participation in forest advisory groups and when they do participate face difficulties setting agendas and structuring the participation process.…”

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confidence: 55%

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Tindall¹,

Harshaw²,

Sheppard³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examine the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local and provincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentrically oriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employed in the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level), and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the local level than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management, and sustainable forest management RÉSUMÉCette étude porte sur les résultats d'un sondage effectué auprès du grand public dans trois communautés de la ColombieBritannique dans le but d' étudier les références sociales de la satisfaction rattachée à la participation du public lors de la prise de décision portant sur l'aménagement forestier tant au niveau local que provincial. Les principaux éléments retenus indiquent que les personnes en provenance du grand public qui ont une orientation centrée surtout sur la nature (tel qu'indiqué selon l' échelle NEP) sont moins satisfaites et celles qui ont des contacts avec des gens à l' emploi du secteur forestier sont plus satisfaites. Les femmes et les personnes ayant un niveau de scolarité plus élevé sont moins satisfaites (au niveau provincial) et les résidants de Vancouver sont plus satisfaits (comparativement aux résidants de Kelowna et d' Armstrong). Somme toute, la satisfaction portant sur la participation du public lors de la prise de décision en aménage-ment forestier était relativement faible. Elle était, toutefois, légèrement supérieure au niveau local dans l' ensemble de la province. Les implications de cette étude en matière de politiques et de recherche sont présentées.Mots clés : réseaux sociaux, participation publique, sexe, nouveau paradigme de l' écologie, satisfaction reliée à l'aménage-ment forestier, aménagement forestier durable

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 55%

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Tindall¹,

Harshaw²,

Sheppard³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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“…This is likely because women's voluntary time outside the home is more constrained than men's, particularly in rural communities. This finding is consistent with Tindall et al (2003) who found that because of the gendered division of labour, women were more likely to be active environmentally within the home rather than in voluntary organizations. We note that when given a range of possible types of compensation for advisory committees none of the committees provided any compensation for Reported means of the scale, with standard deviations in parenthesis.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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“…Instead, women focus their attention on environmentally friendly behaviours that can be integrated into their everyday life (Tindall 2003 et al)-such as recycling, conserving energy, picking up litter, composting organic waste, or have demonstrated a more active involvement with forest certification programs (Ozanne et al 1999). Nevertheless, in British Columbia (BC) Canada, women have taken up leadership positions in environmental organizations (such as the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and Friends of Clayoquot Sound) dedicated to conserving wilderness areas and changing forestry practices (Tindall et al 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender representation on Canadian forest sector advisory committees

Reed¹,

Varghese²

2007

The Forestry Chronicle

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managers have introduced new processes and legal requirements to incorporate public interest and values in the management of Crown lands. The advisory or citizen committee has become a key tool among these. According to Parkins et al. (2006) "these initiatives and legislative requirements indicate a shift toward place-based public participation in the management of Canada's public forests." 3 This shift is not unique to forestry. In all aspects of environmental management, a shift from sector-based to placebased or community-based approaches to public involvement is evident. 4 This shift has raised many questions such as when and how to solicit public input, how much responsibility should be shared between local people and governing agencies, what degree of involvement is desirable and feasible, who should participate, how to stimulate local capacity to ABSTRACTThis paper presents a gender-based analysis of a national survey of 102 Canadian forest sector advisory committees. We consider both nominal and effective participation of participants and pay particular attention to how participants gained access to committees, what values they held, and what kinds of experiences they reported. Our analysis revealed that women comprise less than 20 percent of the membership of advisory committees, they hold significantly different values, and they rate their experiences less favourably than men. Consequently, exclusion of women has likely reinforced a timber extraction bias and has restricted women's contributions to advancing the aims of sustainable forestry.Key words: forest sector advisory committees, gender, public participation, forestry RÉSUMÉ Cet article présente une analyse en fonction du sexe d'un sondage national de 102 comités consultatifs du secteur forestier canadien. Nous avons étudié à la fois les nominations et la participation des représentants et nous nous sommes attardés en particulier à l'accession des participants au sein des comités, quelles valeurs ils défendaient et quels exemples d'expé-rience ils faisaient état. Notre analyse a démontré que les femmes comptent pour moins de 20 % des membres des comités consultatifs; qu'elles défendent des valeurs significativement différentes et que leur niveau d'expérience est inférieur à celui des leurs collègues masculins. En conséquence, l'exclusion des femmes a vraisemblablement renforcé le biais de l'extraction de la matière ligneuse et a réduit les contributions des femmes en matière de progrès des objectifs de la foresterie durable.

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“…In fact, although many studies have documented significant sex differences, with women generally reporting greater eco-friendly intentions and behavior than men (e.g., Cincera & Krajhanzl, 2013;de Leeuw, Valois, Morin, & Schmidt, 2014;Fielding & Head, 2012;Zelezny, Chua, & Aldrich, 2000), other studies (e.g., Hadler & Haller, 2011;Hunter, Hatch, & Johnson, 2004;Tindall, Davies, & Mauboules, 2003;Xiao & Hong, 2010) have found no sex differences. According to the TPB, differences in intentions and behavior between men and women may be the result of divergent behavioral, normative, and/or control beliefs which affect the proximal antecedents of intentions, that is, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceptions of behavioral control (Ajzen, 2005).…”

Section: Background Factors: Sex and Empathic Concernmentioning

confidence: 98%

Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions

Leeuw

Valois

Ajzen

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Keywords:Theory of planned behavior Environmental behavior Sustainability Empathic concern High school students Beliefs a b s t r a c t This study relied on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to identify the beliefs that influence young people's pro-environmental behavior. High-school students completed a questionnaire regarding the performance of pro-environmental behaviors early in the school year and reported on their behavior toward the end of the year. In addition to the standard TPB constructs, the initial questionnaire assessed descriptive norms, moral norms, sex, and empathic concern. Results revealed an excellent fit for the standard TPB model; attitudes, descriptive subjective norms, and perceptions of control made independent contributions to the prediction of intentions, and intentions together with perceived control predicted behavior. Behavioral, normative, and control beliefs predicted, respectively, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Empathic concern influenced intentions and behavior indirectly by its effects on behavioral, normative, and control beliefs. Examination of the effects of specific beliefs revealed important implications for designing effective behavior-change interventions.

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Activism and Conservation Behavior in an Environmental Movement: The Contradictory Effects of Gender

Cited by 250 publications

References 21 publications

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Gender representation on Canadian forest sector advisory committees

Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions

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