Transformative potential of conservation actions

Arponen, Anni; Salomaa, Anna

doi:10.1007/s10531-023-02600-3

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“…However, previous research has consistently found a relationship between cognitive factors (such as knowledge or awareness) and attitudinal factors (such as concern) and engagement in pro-environmental behaviours (Casey and Scott 2006;Loyau and Schmeller 2017;Rhead et al 2015). Additionally, Arponen and Salomaa (2023) found that the conservation actions with the greatest potential to leverage systemic transformative change were awareness raising strategies that seek to change behaviour and education and training. However, it is important to recognise that awareness raising in their study did not refer to factual knowledge acquisition, but included a variety of outreach and communication methods that foster empowerment and enablement.…”

Section: Influencing Support For Naturementioning

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Backing biodiversity: understanding nature conservation behaviour and policy support in Australia

Borg,

Hatty,

Klebl

et al. 2024

Biodivers Conserv

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Community mobilisation is essential to prevent further biodiversity loss and protect the natural environment. This includes engaging in public- and private-sphere behaviours, and community support of relevant government policies. This purpose of this paper is to explore and compare the factors associated with public- and private-sphere nature conservation behaviour and policy support. We utilised data from a survey of 4,048 Australians, representative for age, gender, and geographic location, which measured engagement in nature conservation behaviours and support for diverse conservation policies. Hierarchical Multiple Regressions were conducted to assess relationships between behaviour and policy support with the key independent variables of awareness (of biodiversity issues), connection (to nature), and concern (about biodiversity issues), and socio-demographic covariates. Overall, community support for nature conservation policies was high, not just for incentive measures but for regulations and penalties. Regression models explained 22.9% of the variance in public-sphere behaviour, 30.2% of the variance in private-sphere behaviour, and 43.5% of the variance in policy support. Concern made one of the strongest contributions for all outcomes, and was substantially stronger for policy support compared to behaviour. Awareness and connection also made independent contributions to all outcomes. Socio-demographic variables explained a smaller proportion of unique variance for policy support (1.0%) compared to behaviour (public-sphere: 9.6%, private-sphere: 6.3%). Notably, for public-sphere behaviour, younger age explained almost as much variance as concern. Implications for practitioners and policymakers seeking to engage the general population in conservation support are discussed.

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Section: Influencing Support For Naturementioning

confidence: 97%

Backing biodiversity: understanding nature conservation behaviour and policy support in Australia

Borg,

Hatty,

Klebl

et al. 2024

Biodivers Conserv

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Transformative change – a complex, multifaceted challenge for humanity

Schmeller

Bridgewater

2023

Biodivers Conserv

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Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom-up innovations to envision positive systemic change

van Velden,

Biggs,

Hichert

et al. 2023

Sustain Sci

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Invasive alien species (IAS) pose a key threat to biodiversity, the economy and human well-being, and continue to increase in abundance and impact worldwide. Legislation and policy currently dominate the global agenda for IAS, although translation to localised success may be limited. This calls for a wider range of responses to transform IAS management. An under-appreciated strategy to achieve success may come from bottom-up, experimental innovations (so-called “seeds”), which offer alternative visions of what may be possible for IAS management in the future. We present an application of a participatory process that builds on such innovations to create alternative visions of the future, with actionable pathways to guide change. Through a series of workshops with practitioners and academics, we used this process to explore alternative positive futures for IAS management in South Africa. We then identified a set of domains of change, that could enable these visions to be actioned by appropriate stakeholders. The domains of change highlight the social–ecological nature of the IAS sector, with interconnected actions needed in financial, cultural, social, technological and governance spheres. Key domains identified were the need to shift mindsets and values of society regarding IAS, as well as the need for appropriate and functional financing. This participatory futuring process offers a way to interrogate and scale bottom-up innovations, thereby creating optimism and allowing stakeholders to engage constructively with the future. This represents an important step in fostering the potential of bottom-up innovations to transform IAS management.

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Transformative potential of conservation actions

Cited by 3 publications

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Backing biodiversity: understanding nature conservation behaviour and policy support in Australia

Backing biodiversity: understanding nature conservation behaviour and policy support in Australia

Transformative change – a complex, multifaceted challenge for humanity

Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom-up innovations to envision positive systemic change

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