Willingness of the German population to donate toward bird conservation: An application of the protection motivation theory

Eylering, Annike; Büscher, Milan; Funk, Malin; Boldt, Jonas; Fiebelkorn, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02176

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“…Consistent with previous research on pro-environmental behaviors (Sultan et al, 2020;Eylering et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2022), the results of this study also suggest that individual attitude significantly affects the deviation in behavior from willingness. Understanding of environmental protection laws and satisfaction with the SJLNNR authority are two factors that both have negative effects on the deviation.…”

Section: Internal Psychological Factors Significantly Influence the D...supporting

confidence: 90%

“…Generally, willingness predicts and leads to the realization of the corresponding actual behavior of an individual; however, many previous studies have confirmed that there is a deviation between willingness and behavior in real life, such as in commodity consumption , services purchases (Qu et al, 2022), e-commerce adoption (Li et al, 2020), and land transfer (Zhang et al, 2020a). This deviation has been further identified in the field of pro-environmental behaviors such as green consumption (Rausch and Kopplin, 2021;Wang et al, 2021;Ma et al, 2022;Qiu et al, 2022), green agriculture (Guo et al, 2021;Li et al, 2021), garbage classification (Kuang and Lin, 2021;Zhang et al, 2022;Zhou et al, 2022), bird conservation donation (Eylering et al, 2022), and renewable energy development support (Fang et al, 2021). All these studies concluded that the willingness of an individual is higher than the actual behavior demonstrates.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Deviation between willingness and actual behavior regarding community participation in protected areas: A case study in Shengjin lake national nature reserve in China

Wei-guo

Wang

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Introduction: The deviation between high willingness and poor actual behaviors in community participation has become an obstacle to achieving effective management and resource protection of protected areas. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate this deviation and its influencing factors.Methods: Based on a field survey of community residents in the Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve (SJLNNR) in Anhui Province, China, this study uses a Logistic-ISM model to analyze the key factors influencing the deviation and the hierarchical structure supporting those key factors.Results: There is a significant deviation between participation willingness and actual behavior in SJLNNR. This deviation is characterized by eight key factors. Among these, awareness of the necessity of establishing SJLNNR is a direct factor at the surface level. Participation of important or recognizable people; average annual family income; understanding of environmental protection laws and regulations; realization of environmental improvement effect; satisfaction with SJLNNR authority; and future earnings expectations are all intermediate indirect factors. Furthermore, resident member is a fundamental factor. Resident members refer to those who live at home for six months or more during a calendar year.Discussion: These results indicate that there are three possible practical reasons for the deviation: 1) The lack of young and middle-aged adults is the root cause. 2) Inadequate ecological compensation is the direct trigger. 3) Individual internal psychological factors have significant effects. Furthermore, this study provides policy implications for converting willingness into actual participation in the community and promoting sustainable development.

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Section: Internal Psychological Factors Significantly Influence the D...supporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deviation between willingness and actual behavior regarding community participation in protected areas: A case study in Shengjin lake national nature reserve in China

Wei-guo

Wang

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…In other words, people are more willing to donate to courses/organizations based on how vulnerable to extinction the target species is and how an organisation is preventing the species from going extinct. This willingness to donate financially varies globally and women are more likely to donate than men (Eylering et al, 2022). This is consistent with our findings as 90% of the Earthwatch survey participants stated they were financially connected to CCF through donations.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Financial support from individuals has been linked with threat appraisal of the target species and the coping appraisal of the threat of extinction towards the target species (Eylering et al, 2022). In other words, people are more willing to donate to courses/organizations based on how vulnerable to extinction the target species is and how an organisation is preventing the species from going extinct.…”

Section: Women's Contribution To Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women’s thirty-year contribution to cheetah conservation: An insight into volunteer-based conservation program supported by female scientists

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Pfeiffer²,

Maketo³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Women make up a small percentage of the scientific community, including conservation. Today, conservation efforts are vital for the survival of many species, however there is a gender bias within the conservation field. Encouraging more women into conservation could be a key to increasing efficiency and success in conservation goals of organizations and governments. Here we investigate the long running Earthwatch, working guest and intern volunteer programs of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) to understand women’s involvement with volunteer based conservation, and questionnaire data to understand women’s contribution to conservation after volunteering and what challenges women face in conservation. Our results showed there was significantly more female volunteers than male volunteers (p-value <0.000) and on average, females contributed to 73.7% of the volunteer population annually. Volunteer’s age at time of volunteering varied between the three volunteer programs. Women’s motivations for volunteering and challenges that women face in conservation was dependent on the volunteers’ age. CCF’s holistic approach to conservation, volunteers’ love for cheetahs and ability to gain practical skills were the leading motivations why women volunteered with CCF. Many (87%) of the female interns said volunteering was a means of helping them gain employment. Women’s credibility, family responsibility and personal safety were the main challenges that women face working in conservation today. Addressing gender disparities in every stage of career progression will lead to overall improved conservation outcomes.

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“…Along with research showing that perceived severity of threats to avian populations affects willingness to support bird conservation (Eylering et al . 2022), such studies suggest that efforts to increase awareness of the magnitude of the BWC issue (eg the FLAP Canada event highlighted in Figure 4) may motivate action to reduce collisions. The broader social‐sciences literature (Klöckner 2013; Mengak et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions

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Horn³

et al. 2023

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Bird–window collisions (BWCs) are a major threat to avian populations, annually causing up to one billion bird deaths in the US alone and untold numbers of fatalities worldwide. Until recently, there has been limited institutional and governmental recognition of this issue and few coordinated, national‐level efforts to address it. To fill this need, citizen‐science campaigns have stepped in to generate scientific information about BWCs, raise public awareness, and advocate for policy and actions to reduce collisions. We review the BWC issue and showcase how citizen‐science programs in multiple countries have achieved these outcomes. Additional citizen‐driven successes in addressing BWCs are possible if key constraints are overcome, including funding limitations and challenges of proactively engaging stakeholders who can reduce BWCs at scale. Addressing this global conservation issue will also require building upon the recent increase in attention to BWCs by government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, commercial entities, and professional scientists.

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Willingness of the German population to donate toward bird conservation: An application of the protection motivation theory

Cited by 9 publications

References 81 publications

Deviation between willingness and actual behavior regarding community participation in protected areas: A case study in Shengjin lake national nature reserve in China

Deviation between willingness and actual behavior regarding community participation in protected areas: A case study in Shengjin lake national nature reserve in China

Women’s thirty-year contribution to cheetah conservation: An insight into volunteer-based conservation program supported by female scientists

Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions

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