Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Relation to Kauri Dieback: When Place Attachment Is Not Enough

IF 2.2 3区社会学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Society & Natural Resources Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI:10.1080/08941920.2022.2135153

Nicole Lindsay, A. Grant, Nick Bowmast, Hugh Benson, Simon Wegner

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Abstract

Abstract The iconic kauri tree of Aotearoa New Zealand is under increasing threat due to the plant disease kauri dieback, with human activity believed to be a high-risk vector for spread of the fungus-like pathogen. Although forest hygiene measures have been introduced, concern exists over shortfalls in public compliance, particularly among those who live near or in infected areas. This qualitative study takes a community case-study approach to investigate the barriers and enablers of pro-environmental behavior in relation to kauri dieback. Twenty-one members of the public residing in a locale heavily impacted by kauri dieback were interviewed. Several issues that may lead to noncompliance with measures to protect kauri were identified, primarily centered around themes related to system knowledge, certainty and trust. Understanding community social dynamics, as well as cultivating and maintaining public trust in scientific and resource management authorities, is an important element for generating and improving pro-environmental behavior when uncertainty is high.

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与Kauri死亡有关的亲环境行为：当地方依恋还不够时

摘要新西兰奥特亚标志性的考里树因植物病考里枯死而受到越来越大的威胁，人类活动被认为是真菌样病原体传播的高危媒介。尽管已经采取了森林卫生措施，但公众，特别是居住在感染地区附近或感染地区的人，在遵守规定方面存在不足，这令人担忧。这项定性研究采用了社区案例研究的方法来调查与kauri枯死有关的亲环境行为的障碍和促成因素。采访了21名居住在受kauri死亡影响严重地区的公众。确定了可能导致不遵守保护考里措施的几个问题，主要围绕与系统知识、确定性和信任相关的主题。了解社区社会动态，培养和保持公众对科学和资源管理当局的信任，是在不确定性较高时产生和改善环保行为的重要因素。

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期刊介绍： Society and Natural Resources publishes cutting edge social science research that advances understanding of the interaction between society and natural resources.Social science research is extensive and comes from a number of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, political science, communications, planning, education, and anthropology. We welcome research from all of these disciplines and interdisciplinary social science research that transcends the boundaries of any single social science discipline. We define natural resources broadly to include water, air, wildlife, fisheries, forests, natural lands, urban ecosystems, and intensively managed lands. While we welcome all papers that fit within this broad scope, we especially welcome papers in the following four important and broad areas in the field: 1. Protected area management and governance 2. Stakeholder analysis, consultation and engagement; deliberation processes; governance; conflict resolution; social learning; social impact assessment 3. Theoretical frameworks, epistemological issues, and methodological perspectives 4. Multiscalar character of social implications of natural resource management