New Zealand Environmental History: A Question of Attitudes

Star, Paul

doi:10.3197/096734003129342944

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“…This indicates that these two groups ascribe different meanings, and in this case have different ECs, for marine life and birds. One possible explanation for these differences concerns the important role of marine life as food in Asian diets (Choo & Williams, 2003) on one hand, and the traditional emphasis on the protection of native birds, such as the kiwi that is the national symbol, in New Zealand (Star, 2003) on the other. This may lead to a higher concern for both marine life and birds for European New Zealanders.…”

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A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior

Milfont

Duckitt

Cameron

2006

Environment and Behavior

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Environmental concern can be driven by biospheric, egoistic or altruistic motives. Few studies, however, have compared these three environmental motive concerns across cultural groups. This study investigated differences between European New Zealanders and Asian New Zealanders in environmental motive concerns and their implications for proenvironmental behaviors. The results demonstrated that the tripartite model of environmental concerns provided good fit in both samples. They also indicated that Asian New Zealanders were significantly higher than European New Zealanders on egoistic concern, whereas European New Zealanders were significantly higher on biospheric concern. For European New Zealanders, biospheric concern predicted proenvironmental behavior positively, whereas egoistic concern predicted it negatively. For Asian New Zealanders, in contrast, both biospheric and altruistic concerns predicted proenvironmental behavior positively. The implications of these findings for environmental education campaigns are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior

Milfont

Duckitt

Cameron

2006

Environment and Behavior

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116

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“…Coughlan, 1996;Willis, 2002). This represents a lacuna in tourism research given that, historically, outdoor pursuits have been an important part of New Zealand lifestyle and identity (Kearsley, 2000;Star, 2002;Star, 2003).…”

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Recreation Conflict and Sport Hunting: Moving beyond Goal Interference towards Social Sustainability

Reis¹,

Higham²

2009

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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Sport and recreational conflict in natural areas arises from growth in the diversity of, and demand for, nature-based sport activities and recreation pursuits. The social sustainability of such activities within a tourism context should recognize that conflicts between different users are complex and dynamic, not simply the result of goal interference or competition for scarce resources. This paper critically explores the complexities of sport hunting and recreational conflict using quantitative and qualitative techniques implemented on Stewart Island, New Zealand. The empirical research points to an ambiguity of feelings and attitudes concerning the relationship and potential/real conflicts between sport hunters and recreational hikers. While some reportedly experienced actual conflict, quantitative methods did in fact highlight many common elements of motivation and environmental values that are shared by both hunters and hikers. Interviews and participant observations highlighted three key elements of the outdoor sport/recreation experience that provide potential for conflict.These included user group characteristics, hut behaviour/etiquette and the use of firearms/killing of animals. We propose that conflict is an integral part of society and hence considerable effort should focus on accurately understanding conflict situations.The results support the need for management based on integration rather than segregation, and may be viewed as a move away from reactive management based on relatively isolated instances of goal interference, towards a social sustainability paradigm founded upon a nuanced understanding of conflict phenomena.

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“…2 Jobberns (1956), 3, cited in , 100. 3 Anderson (2002), 20, 24, 30-32;Wynn (2002), 105;Star (2003) 468. 4 Wynn (2002, 105-6.…”

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The Paradox of Discourse Concerning Deforestation in New Zealand: A Historical Survey

Knight¹

2009

Environment and History

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When the European settlement of New Zealand began in earnest in the midnineteenth century, the landscape too underwent a dramatic transformation. Much of the forest was destroyed by milling and fire, and the land converted to pasture for farming. While seen by many as firmly within the prevailing 'doctrine of progress', this transformation was viewed with misgivings by others, who observed how deforestation led to erosion and floods, and advocated more prudent forest management.This paper explores the historical discourse on deforestation around the latter part of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries and how it contrasts with the recent discourse following major floods in 2004, in which the discussion of deforestation as an underlying cause of floods and erosion is notable in its very absence. This paper will seek to explain the paradox apparent in the development of New Zealanders' understanding of the connection between deforestation and the devastating flood events and severe erosion occurring in New Zealand today. While this is a connection that was repeatedly and cogently expressed by our forebears over one hundred years ago, it is one that most New Zealanders today are ignorant of.

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New Zealand Environmental History: A Question of Attitudes

Cited by 11 publications

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A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior

A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior

Recreation Conflict and Sport Hunting: Moving beyond Goal Interference towards Social Sustainability

The Paradox of Discourse Concerning Deforestation in New Zealand: A Historical Survey

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