The effect of engagement in private lands research on landowner conservation knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and behavioral intentions

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ID15326751
AutoresRebecca S M O’Brien (0000-0001-6042-0902, Virginia Tech, autor de correspondencia), William A Hopkins (0000-0002-4437-1351, Virginia Tech), Ashley A Dayer (0000-0002-8105-0776, Virginia Tech)
Año2024
Volumen30
Número5
Páginas500-513
Fecha de publicación2024-07-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10871209.2024.2379484
OpenAlexW4400737502
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas35

Landowners and scientists often interact during conservation research projects on private lands, creating the opportunity for impactful outreach efforts. However, this potential has received little attention in the literature. This is particularly true for situations where landowners interact with researchers, but do not actively participate in data collection (a "traditional research" model that contrasts to participatory science projects). In this paper, we explore and compare the effects that engaging landowners in traditional versus participatory science research has on landowner conservation knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and behavioral intentions. We find similar effects across both treatment groups, with involvement leading to greater knowledge, increased awareness, more positive attitudes, and/or more behavioral intentions regarding conservation among participants. However, landowners reported limited tangible behavior change during our study. Our results suggest that engaging with landowners during private lands research may be valuable to conservation, but further research is needed on how to optimize these interactions

Archaeology · Business · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land tenure · Political science · Public relations · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Forest Management and Policy · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management