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Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?

Transformation processes are embedded in a broader discourse on sustainability, climate protection, and biodiversity protection. In this context, possible interindividual conflicts between an interest in nature conservation and efforts to counteract climate change also seem to be relevant. This stud...

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Autores principales: Blöbaum, Anke, Engel, Lukas, Beer, Katrin, Böcher, Michael, Matthies, Ellen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10330816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37434888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1114677
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author Blöbaum, Anke
Engel, Lukas
Beer, Katrin
Böcher, Michael
Matthies, Ellen
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description Transformation processes are embedded in a broader discourse on sustainability, climate protection, and biodiversity protection. In this context, possible interindividual conflicts between an interest in nature conservation and efforts to counteract climate change also seem to be relevant. This study focuses on the acceptability of different climate protection measures with possible impacts on landscapes, habitats, and human recreation. Based on a survey of a representative sample (N = 1,427 participants), the impact of conservation-related beliefs on the acceptance of four different climate protection measures was analyzed with respect to possible conflicts with values and norms relevant to climate protection. The study focuses in particular on potential value-based conflicts, as this type of conflict is classified as non-negotiable in negotiation processes and thus represents a particular social challenge. Also, to consider the possible relevance of political orientation and humanity orientation, eight structural equation models were tested. Results showed similar structures for the acceptance of the four climate protection measures. There did not seem to be value-based conflicts between nature conservation and climate protection, as the results showed substantial similarities between nature conservation beliefs grounded in biospheric value orientation (protecting biodiversity) and values and norms relevant for climate protection. Political orientation seemed to be relevant as well, as left-oriented people were more likely to accept the four climate protection measures that were tested. However, the relationship between political orientation and acceptance of the measures was – without exception – mediated by the personal norm.
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spelling pubmed-103308162023-07-11 Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures? Blöbaum, Anke Engel, Lukas Beer, Katrin Böcher, Michael Matthies, Ellen Front Psychol Psychology Transformation processes are embedded in a broader discourse on sustainability, climate protection, and biodiversity protection. In this context, possible interindividual conflicts between an interest in nature conservation and efforts to counteract climate change also seem to be relevant. This study focuses on the acceptability of different climate protection measures with possible impacts on landscapes, habitats, and human recreation. Based on a survey of a representative sample (N = 1,427 participants), the impact of conservation-related beliefs on the acceptance of four different climate protection measures was analyzed with respect to possible conflicts with values and norms relevant to climate protection. The study focuses in particular on potential value-based conflicts, as this type of conflict is classified as non-negotiable in negotiation processes and thus represents a particular social challenge. Also, to consider the possible relevance of political orientation and humanity orientation, eight structural equation models were tested. Results showed similar structures for the acceptance of the four climate protection measures. There did not seem to be value-based conflicts between nature conservation and climate protection, as the results showed substantial similarities between nature conservation beliefs grounded in biospheric value orientation (protecting biodiversity) and values and norms relevant for climate protection. Political orientation seemed to be relevant as well, as left-oriented people were more likely to accept the four climate protection measures that were tested. However, the relationship between political orientation and acceptance of the measures was – without exception – mediated by the personal norm. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10330816/ /pubmed/37434888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1114677 Text en Copyright © 2023 Blöbaum, Engel, Beer, Böcher and Matthies. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?
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title_fullStr Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?
title_full_unstemmed Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?
title_short Nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?
title_sort nature conservation versus climate protection: a basic conflict of goals regarding the acceptance of climate protection measures?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10330816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37434888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1114677
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