The self‐sabotage of conservation: reply to Manfredo et al.

Ives, Christopher D.; Fischer, Joern

doi:10.1111/cobi.13025

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“…had a dual purpose: to present a social-ecological systems approach to understanding social values and, given that approach, to describe the difficulty of trying to change society's values to meet sustainability and conservation goals. Ives and Fischer (2017) generally agree with our systems approach. They insist, however, that efforts to change societal values are nonetheless important for achieving sustainability goals.…”

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Revisiting the challenge of intentional value shift: reply to Ives and Fischer

Manfredo

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et al. 2017

Conservation Biology

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Revisiting the challenge of intentional value shift: reply to Ives and Fischer

Manfredo

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Conservation Biology

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“…Indeed, Martin et al (2016) argued that "we need fundamental shifts in values that ensure transition from a growth-centered society to one acknowledging biophysical limits and centered on human well-being and biodiversity conservation" (p. 6105). Some scholars have questioned the use or veracity of policy interventions to precipitate transitions in social values (Manfredo et al 2017), opening up a debate on the subject (Ives and Fischer 2017). To progress this line of enquiry, Kendal and Raymond (2019) present a conceptual framework for how values for sustainability may shift within society.…”

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Religion and social values for sustainability

2019

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Discourse on social values as they relate to environmental and sustainability issues has almost exclusively been conducted in a secular intellectual context. However, with a renewed emphasis on culture as defining and shaping links between people and nature, there has been an increasing level of scholarly attention to the role of religion and spirituality in defining and understanding social values. In this article we explore the intersection of religion and social values for sustainability. First, we consider this nexus as it has been explored in existing scholarship. We acknowledge a body of research that has suggested that many religions are broadly associated with self-transcendent values. However, the degree to which they are translated into pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour varies according to context. Second, we argue that while there is much potential support for human values for sustainability within religious traditions, it is essential that religion is seen as a complex, multi-scalar and multi-dimensional institutional phenomena. Consequently, analysis of the relationship between religion and social values must account for the context of narratives, histories and practices. Third, using this lens, we show how religious perspectives can contribute to operationalising theories of systemic change for sustainability. Finally, we outline key principles for further sustainability research seeking to advance knowledge on the relationship between religion and social values.

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“…This special feature does not aim to settle the debate on the extent, speed and mechanism by which social values can change (Raymond and Kenter 2016;Manfredo et al 2017;Ives and Fischer 2017). Rather, we identify different perspectives on how values could be harnessed for sustainability transformations (Horcea-Milcu et al 2019), and the mechanisms through which values may change (Kendal and Raymond 2018;Raymond and Raymond 2019;van Riper et al 2019).…”

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Editorial overview: theoretical traditions in social values for sustainability

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This special feature provides an impression of the plurality of social values for sustainability, taking into account theoretical traditions within mainstream and heterodox economics; positive, social and environmental psychology; human geography; anthropology; sociology; religious and indigenous studies and business management. Papers in this issue respond to questions of: how do we conceptualise social values; how do we integrate or share social values; what are processes for learning about and mechanisms for forming and changing social values; and what are the associations between social values and behaviour or well-being? Consistent with post-normal science, we suggest that there is no one correct way of conceptualising, assessing, integrating or activating social values for sustainability. We present five arguments: (1) the plurality of social values can be conceptualised along many different dimensions, with reference to value, epistemic and procedural lenses; (2) values are nested in different hierarchies, resulting in the potential for different forms of value articulations and pathways of value expression; (3) not all social values are pre-formed and readily drawn upon, instead needing pathways of deliberation or intervention to be activated; (4) social values may change through different processes or pathways of intervention, and; (5) power matters in the formation and assessment of social values. We discuss the tensions that arise when attempting to integrate different perspectives and introduce the notion of 'navigation' to begin to address these tensions. Navigation requires scholars to adopt a more critical and reflexive approach to value enquiry than is currently espoused in sustainability science and practice.

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The self‐sabotage of conservation: reply to Manfredo et al.

Abstract: Article impact statement: To address conservation challenges conservation scientists must work to change social values.

Cited by 36 publications

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Revisiting the challenge of intentional value shift: reply to Ives and Fischer

Revisiting the challenge of intentional value shift: reply to Ives and Fischer

Religion and social values for sustainability

Editorial overview: theoretical traditions in social values for sustainability

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