Does public awareness increase support for invasive species management? Promising evidence across taxa and landscape types
Does public awareness increase support for invasive species management? Promising evidence across taxa and landscape types
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公众意识是否会增加对入侵物种管理的支持？
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
G. Vimercati
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作者：
A. Nóvoa;K. Dehnen‐Schmutz;Jana Fried;G. Vimercati
对入侵物种的管理往往会引起重大的利益冲突。由于这种冲突可能会阻碍拟议的管理行动，管理人员，决策者和研究人员越来越认识到需要考虑入侵物种管理的社会层面。在这项探索性研究中，我们的目的是（1）探索物种的分类位置（即动物与植物）和入侵景观的类型（即城市与非城市）是否会影响公众对入侵物种管理的看法，以及（2）评估公众意识的潜力，以增加公众对入侵物种管理的支持。我们回顾了有关外来物种管理利益冲突的科学文献，并向南非和英国的公众（n = 240）发放了两阶段问卷（提供目标物种及其管理信息之前和之后）。我们的审查表明，缺乏公众支持的入侵动物在城市和非城市地区的管理主要来自道德价值的分歧，而在非城市地区的入侵植物的管理主要是基于功利价值的分歧引起的冲突。尽管有这些总的趋势，但冲突取决于具体情况，可能源于各种不同的观点。值得注意的是，让公众了解管理目标物种的入侵状况和负面影响，似乎增加了公众对管理行动的支持。因此，我们的研究结果符合这样的观点，即提高公众意识可能会增加公众对入侵物种管理的支持，独立于分类位置和景观类型。
Management of invasive species often raises substantial conflicts of interest. Since such conflicts can hamper proposed management actions, managers, decision makers and researchers increasingly recognize the need to consider the social dimensions of invasive species management. In this exploratory study, we aimed (1) to explore whether species’ taxonomic position (i.e. animals vs. plants) and type of invaded landscape (i.e. urban vs. non-urban) might influence public perception about the management of invasive species, and (2) to assess the potential of public awareness to increase public support for invasive species management. We reviewed the scientific literature on the conflicts of interest around the management of alien species and administered two-phased questionnaires (before and after providing information on the target species and its management) to members of the public in South Africa and the UK (n = 240). Our review suggests that lack of public support for the management of invasive animals in both urban and non-urban areas derives mainly from moralistic value disagreements, while the management of invasive plants in non-urban areas mostly causes conflicts based on utilitarian value disagreements. Despite these general trends, conflicts are context dependent and can originate from a wide variety of different views. Notably, informing the public about the invasive status and negative impacts of the species targeted for management appeared to increase public support for the management actions. Therefore, our results align with the view that increased public awareness might increase the public support for the management of invasive species, independent of taxonomic position and type of landscape.
影响因子：
2.9
作者：
Gruntman, Michal;Pehl, Anne Katrin;Tielboerger, Katja
通讯作者：
Tielboerger, Katja