Social-Psychological Factors in Public Support for Local Biodiversity Conservation

Landowners' Participation in Biodiversity Conservation Examined through the Value-Belief-Norm Theory

“…In order to develop a personal norm an individual must be aware of the consequences for nature (awareness of consequences, AC), must recognise their own ability to help and ascribe their responsibility (ascription of responsibility, AR) to become involved. The significance of the personal norm for support of biodiversity conservation was shown by Johansson and Lindstro¨m (2011). Furthermore, the causal relation of the VBN theory has been confirmed in several studies related to environmentally significant behaviour.…”

Factors influencing perception of protected areas—The case of Natura 2000 in Polish Carpathian communities

“…Burger 2008; Gallup Organization 2010). Inhabitants of protected areas usually show a stronger place attachment but their attitudes towards nature conservation vary among individual case studies (Bonaiuto et al 2002;Petrova et al 2011) or depends on the ecological context (Johansson & Henningsson 2011).…”

Urbanization adjacent to a wetland of international importance: The case of Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Metro Cebu, Philippines

“…Environmental governance has reasserted great value to the importance of multi-actor participation to the success of conservation (see Schenk, Hunziker, & Kienast, 2007;Eneji et al, 2009;Tisdell, Nantha, & Wilson, 2007;Johansson & Henningsson, 2011). A contextual approach to conservation also suggests that management should be integrated into the local institutions, practices, and social structures of the locality (Lejano, Ingram, Whiteley, Torres, & Agduma, 2007).…”