Attitudes to a marine protected area are associated with perceived social impacts

McNeill, Asha; Clifton, Julian; Harvey, Euan S.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.020

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“…Subjective measures do not only reflect perception; they can also be self-reports of observed reality. Perceptions and self-reports clearly matter in their own right, because these can lead to support for, or opposition to, conservation 19,47,48 . Thus using both objective and subjective measures is essential, as they can test and lend validity to each other.…”

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Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas

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“…The consequence of an unstable relationship and lack of trust in public institutions is the residents' fear that PAs will bring additional restrictions to their livelihoods with little benefits [79]. Moreover, in the case of BDPA, the lack of transparency in policy and decision-making, which is typical of top-down management, deepened that sentiment even further.…”

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Factors Affecting Residents’ Support for Protected Area Designation

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This study examined the formation of residents’ behavioral intentions to support the expansion of protected areas (PAs). A structural equation model combining the theory of planned behavior and an expectancy disconfirmation model were employed to test seven hypotheses on the influence of expectations, performance, satisfaction, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on behavioral intention to support PA designation. The findings indicate that although the expectations of PA performance did not significantly influence the satisfaction from PAs, the perceived performance after the designation significantly contributed to building satisfaction, which in turn had a significant role in explaining attitudes. Furthermore, positive and significant associations of subjective norms and behavioral control with behavioral intention to support additional designation were identified. These results provide indications for PA managers and environmental agencies regarding aspects to consider when engaging in planning with local communities and appropriate ways to respond to their concerns.

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“…It is no surprise that there is a link between the nature of experienced outcomes and stakeholder perceptions of effectiveness (Gurney et al, 2015;McNeill et al, 2018). Surveys have confirmed the low levels of trust commercial fishers continue to have for GBRMPA (Mackeracher et al, 2018;Turner et al, 2016), and the importance of values in shaping recreational fishers' attitudes to the rezoning (Sutton and Tobin, 2009).…”

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Barriers to the evaluation of systematic conservation plans: Insights from landmark Australian plans

McIntosh

2019

Biological Conservation

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The evaluation of conservation programs is often inhibited by barriers such as time 7 constraints and a lack of funding. Through an exploration of two internationally influential 8 systematic conservation planning activities conducted in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s, I 9 demonstrate this is also true for conservation planning programs. Forestry agreements in North East New South Wales and the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park popularised the now widely used planning software packages C-Plan and Marxan. Through 37 semi-structured interviews with senior stakeholders involved in decision-making around both plans, I examined barriers to evaluation, the factors underpinning these barriers, and, in the absence of program-wide evaluations, stakeholder perceptions of the effectiveness of the plans. My findings confirmed that the primary barriers to the evaluation of conservation planning exercises are a lack of suitable monitoring data, resource limitations and inadequate preparation. Respondents also shed light on the factors which shaped these barriers in a conservation context, such as the need for political expediency, a loss of momentum postplan, and the presence or absence of necessary leadership. Perceptions of the effectiveness of the plans reflected interpretations of a) whether the planning process followed good practice, b) the fact a planning result was agreed upon and implemented, c) the longer-term influence of the plan, and, in contrast to much of the current literature on these case studies, d) the consequences of industry restructuring. Highlights • Barriers to evaluation were due to lack of resources and preparation • Political context and organisational culture shaped barriers to evaluation • Healthcare and other disciplines face similar challenges and can offer lessons • New perspectives on project effectiveness are shared from senior decision-makers • Perceptions of effectiveness also reflected the effects of industry compensation

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Attitudes to a marine protected area are associated with perceived social impacts

Cited by 60 publications

References 111 publications

Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas

Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas

Factors Affecting Residents’ Support for Protected Area Designation

Barriers to the evaluation of systematic conservation plans: Insights from landmark Australian plans

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