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Local People’s Motives for Biodiversity Conservation. Maria Johansson Department of Environmental Psychology Lund Institute of Technology E-mail: [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Local People’s Motives for Biodiversity Conservation
Maria Johansson
Department of Environmental Psychology
Lund Institute of Technology
E-mail: [email protected]
This research was financed by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning and carried out by Dr Maria Johansson and Dr Marianne Lindström.
Purpose of Study
• Identify the local population’s personal motives for biodiversity conservation.
• Analyse these motives in the context of Stern et al., (1995) social-psychological model of environmental concern.
Bio(logical) diversity
”The genetic diversity within each species, the range of species in a given ecosystem (species diversity) and the diversity of ecosystems across an entire region. ”
Primack, 2000
Bio(logical) diversity
”The genetic diversity within each species, the range of species in a given ecosystem (species diversity) and the diversity of ecosystems across an entire region. ”
Primack, 2000
Method
Position in social structure age, gender, category belonging
Environmental value orientation egoistic, social-altruistic, biospheric
Motives for biodiveristy conservation
Specific attitude towards biodiveristy conservation
Intention to support biodiversity conservation
Conservation behaviour
Basic human values
Adapted from Stern et al., 1995
Kristianstad
Municipality
Participants in the Questionnaire Survey
Category Number of respondents
Public 80 Members of outdoor organisation 50 Farmers 48 Business managers 67 Officials at municipality and county 26 Total 271
Measurements
Concept Measurement
Position in social structure Age, gender, category belonging
Environmental value orientation Biospheric Egoistic Social-altruistic Measured by Stern’s 2001 instrument
Motives to protect local biodiversity 20 motives identified in focus groups discussions
Attitude towards local biodiversity conservation
Priority of conservation of 31 local biotopes and species Importance of conserving the biodiversity of 5 local areas
Importance of Conservation
1
2
3
4
L o c a lb io d iv e r s it y
B a lt ic s e a T r o p ic a lr a in f o r e s t
A little
Fairly much
Very much
The most
Viltväxande blommor
Wild flowers
Deciduous forest
Sjöar och vattendrag
Lakes and streams
Ängs- och betesmarker
Meadows and grazed grasslands
Personal Motives for Conservation
• Human well-being and recreation
M=3.24, SD=.51, Cronbach’s alpha=.85
• Human survivalM=2.81, SD=.59, Cronbach’s alpha=.81
• Respect for natureM=3.47, SD=.48, Cronbach’s alpha=.77
Testing the Hierarchical Structure
Step I. The influence of social structure on environmental value orientation
-Women to a higher degree expressed a social-altruistic orientation than did men.
Step II. The influence of environmental value orientation on motives
Biospheric Social-altruistic Egoistic
Human well-being and recreation
Biospheric Social-altruistic Human survival Egoistic
Biospheric Social-altruistic Respect for nature Egoistic
Value orientation Motive
Step III. The influence of motives on attitude towards biodiversity conservation
Human well-being and recreation
Human survival
Attitude
Respect for nature
Step III. Importance to conserve the biodiversity of five local areas
Ur Terrängkartan © Lantmäteriverket Gävle 2003. Medgivande M2003/2677. Kartan representerar ca 20 km från väster till öster och ca 12 km från norr till söder.
NORR
SÖDER
VÄSTER ÖSTER
Human survival
Respect for nature
Human well-being and recreation
Conclusions
Conservation of local biodiversity is considered important.
Public support of conservation measures seems to be related to three groups of personal motives, partly founded in environmental value orientation.
Policy makers should assure that arguments for conser-vation are brought forward that persons of different views of nature can relate to.