Adoption of conservation practices: what have we learned from two decades of social-psychological approaches?

Delaroche, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2020.08.004

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“…Moral considerations are presumed to be crucial in promoting conservation behavior, which explains the intuitive appeal of the VBN model (Kaiser et al, 2005). However, a pro-environmental behavior is arguably a mix of both moral considerations and conscious, rational decisions, and self-interest (Delaroche, 2020). Moreover, in a comparative study of TBP and VBN, Kaiser et al (2005) found that TBP identified both the behavior and its proximal determinant more fully than did VBN.…”

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“…An alternative model that focuses more on the moral dimensions of decision-making is the Values-Beliefs-Norms theory (VBN; Stern, 2000), which addresses the role that personal norms play as a moral obligation for performing a specific action or refraining from it (Delaroche, 2020;Stern, 2000). Moral considerations are presumed to be crucial in promoting conservation behavior, which explains the intuitive appeal of the VBN model (Kaiser et al, 2005).…”

Section: The Theory Of Planned Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Centrality to life and the theory of planned behavior: the case of musk ox safaris in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

Dybsand

Stensland

2021

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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Understanding relationships between centrality to life and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) may provide further insight on wildliferelated behaviors, as the literature suggests both have effects on behavioral intentions. Using a survey (n = 219) of participants at musk ox safaris in Dovrefjell Norway, we investigated relationships between centrality to life and TPB, as well as musk ox safari participation's perceived effects on intentions to perform three proenvironmental behaviors. Relationships were analyzed using three partial least squares structural equation models (PLS-SEM) that had R 2 values of .46, .49, and .47, indicating satisfactory predictive validity. Centrality to life was related to two of TPB's dimensions: attitudes and subjective norms. Furthermore, centrality was associated with intentions to perform all three pro-environmental behaviors. We concluded that short-duration wildlife watching activities based on a single species can be positively related to participants' intentions, and centrality can add further insight to the TPB.

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Section: The Theory Of Planned Behaviormentioning

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Centrality to life and the theory of planned behavior: the case of musk ox safaris in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

Dybsand

Stensland

2021

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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“…actor attributes . Each land-owner has a set of actor-level characteristics that influence his or her decisions about participation in environmental action (e.g., personal beliefs and farm characteristics 47 ); these are called actor attributes when associated with social networks. Much empirical research has sought to identify the predictors of landowners’ adoption of conservation practices 47 , 48 .…”

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“…Each land-owner has a set of actor-level characteristics that influence his or her decisions about participation in environmental action (e.g., personal beliefs and farm characteristics 47 ); these are called actor attributes when associated with social networks. Much empirical research has sought to identify the predictors of landowners’ adoption of conservation practices 47 , 48 . A suite of universal predictors that would enable targeting specific farmer profiles in conservation has not been identified; instead, such predictors are likely to be context-dependent 47 , 48 .…”

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Multiple social network influences can generate unexpected environmental outcomes

Yletyinen

Perry

Stahlmann-Brown

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Understanding the function of social networks can make a critical contribution to achieving desirable environmental outcomes. Social-ecological systems are complex, adaptive systems in which environmental decision makers adapt to a changing social and ecological context. However, it remains unclear how multiple social influences interact with environmental feedbacks to generate environmental outcomes. Based on national-scale survey data and a social-ecological agent-based model in the context of voluntary private land conservation, our results suggest that social influences can operate synergistically or antagonistically, thereby enabling behaviors to spread by two or more mechanisms that amplify each other’s effects. Furthermore, information through social networks may indirectly affect and respond to isolated individuals through environmental change. The interplay of social influences can, therefore, explain the success or failure of conservation outcomes emerging from collective behavior. To understand the capacity of social influence to generate environmental outcomes, social networks must not be seen as ‘closed systems’; rather, the outcomes of environmental interventions depend on feedbacks between the environment and different components of the social system.

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Farmers’ action space to adopt sustainable practices: a study of arable farming in Saxony

2021

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The urgency to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and natural resource degradation requires major changes in agricultural practices. Agricultural policy in Germany has so far failed to generate such changes; meanwhile, public demands for new regulations are met by widespread farmers’ protests. Against this background, an improved understanding of the factors influencing farmers’ uptake of sustainable agricultural practices is necessary. This study introduces the concept of action space to analyze the role of barriers to change which lie beyond farmers’ perceived immediate control. We apply this conceptual framework to the case of diversified crop rotations in Saxony (Germany) and combine semi-structured interviews and a survey to identify key barriers to change and their relative weights. We find that farmers feel rather strongly restricted in their action space to implement diversified crop rotations for sustainable agriculture. The most important barriers pertain to the market environment, which severely limits the feasibility of many crops. In addition, limited regulatory predictability as well as regulatory incoherence and limited flexibility restrict farmers in their action space. The role of resource availability within the farm businesses as well as availability and accessibility of knowledge is ambiguous between interview and survey results. The analysis of interactions indicates that multiple barriers form a self-reinforcing system in which farmers perceive to have little leeway to implement sustainable practices. These results emphasize the need to create an enabling market and regulatory environment in which sustainable practices pay off.

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Adoption of conservation practices: what have we learned from two decades of social-psychological approaches?

Cited by 37 publications

References 65 publications

Centrality to life and the theory of planned behavior: the case of musk ox safaris in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

Centrality to life and the theory of planned behavior: the case of musk ox safaris in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

Multiple social network influences can generate unexpected environmental outcomes

Farmers’ action space to adopt sustainable practices: a study of arable farming in Saxony

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