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The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change
Conservation conflicts are damaging for humans and wildlife, with differences in people's objectives fuelling challenges of managing complex, dynamic systems. We investigate the relative importance of economic, psychological (affect, trust and risk perception) and ecological factors in determin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33655201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.316 |
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author | St John, Freya A. V. Mason, Tom H. E. Bunnefeld, Nils |
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description | Conservation conflicts are damaging for humans and wildlife, with differences in people's objectives fuelling challenges of managing complex, dynamic systems. We investigate the relative importance of economic, psychological (affect, trust and risk perception) and ecological factors in determining farmers' management preferences, using Greenland barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) on Islay, Scotland, as a case study. Barnacle geese reduce agricultural productivity on Islay, negatively impacting household economies. Since 1992, farmers have received partial compensation but a new culling scheme has escalated conflict between conservation and agricultural interests. Using a questionnaire, we collected data from 75% of the farmers receiving goose payments. We found that affect was a strong driver of both risk perception and management preferences. However, we revealed complexity in these relationships, with trust and economic factors also influencing decision-making. Psychological and economic factors surrounding wildlife management must be understood if we are to achieve conservation objectives in human dominated landscapes. |
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spelling | pubmed-71168432021-03-01 The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change St John, Freya A. V. Mason, Tom H. E. Bunnefeld, Nils Conserv Sci Pract Article Conservation conflicts are damaging for humans and wildlife, with differences in people's objectives fuelling challenges of managing complex, dynamic systems. We investigate the relative importance of economic, psychological (affect, trust and risk perception) and ecological factors in determining farmers' management preferences, using Greenland barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) on Islay, Scotland, as a case study. Barnacle geese reduce agricultural productivity on Islay, negatively impacting household economies. Since 1992, farmers have received partial compensation but a new culling scheme has escalated conflict between conservation and agricultural interests. Using a questionnaire, we collected data from 75% of the farmers receiving goose payments. We found that affect was a strong driver of both risk perception and management preferences. However, we revealed complexity in these relationships, with trust and economic factors also influencing decision-making. Psychological and economic factors surrounding wildlife management must be understood if we are to achieve conservation objectives in human dominated landscapes. 2020-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7116843/ /pubmed/33655201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.316 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article St John, Freya A. V. Mason, Tom H. E. Bunnefeld, Nils The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title | The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title_full | The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title_fullStr | The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title_short | The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
title_sort | role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33655201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.316 |
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