Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

The Psychological Factors Underlying Participation in Nature Conservation Projects

Rahm, Johan LU orcid (2007) In Miljöpsykologiska Monografier
Abstract
The goal of the study is to cast light on the psychological factors behind the participation in nature conservation projects aiming to promote biodiversity. Two projects, wetland restoration and forest preservation, are examined through the framework of the VBN (Value-Belief-Norm) theory. A survey was conducted among 120 farmers and 160 forest owners in southern Sweden. Results did not support the expected differences between participants and those not participating, but pointed instead to the influence of knowledge and commitment fro the awareness of threats to biodiversity, ascription of a personal responsibility and the activation of a personal norm. The importance of the interplay between psychological and contextual factors for... (More)
The goal of the study is to cast light on the psychological factors behind the participation in nature conservation projects aiming to promote biodiversity. Two projects, wetland restoration and forest preservation, are examined through the framework of the VBN (Value-Belief-Norm) theory. A survey was conducted among 120 farmers and 160 forest owners in southern Sweden. Results did not support the expected differences between participants and those not participating, but pointed instead to the influence of knowledge and commitment fro the awareness of threats to biodiversity, ascription of a personal responsibility and the activation of a personal norm. The importance of the interplay between psychological and contextual factors for explaining the participation is also highlighted. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
forest preservation, wetland restoration, biodiversity, Value-Belief-Norm theory
in
Miljöpsykologiska Monografier
pages
40 pages
publisher
Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund university
report number
20
ISSN
0280-8269
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
a4adef34-8c6a-41ca-bff7-3e5e4cae4a54 (old id 1040383)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 17:13:08
date last changed
2018-11-21 20:47:35
@techreport{a4adef34-8c6a-41ca-bff7-3e5e4cae4a54,
  abstract     = {{The goal of the study is to cast light on the psychological factors behind the participation in nature conservation projects aiming to promote biodiversity. Two projects, wetland restoration and forest preservation, are examined through the framework of the VBN (Value-Belief-Norm) theory. A survey was conducted among 120 farmers and 160 forest owners in southern Sweden. Results did not support the expected differences between participants and those not participating, but pointed instead to the influence of knowledge and commitment fro the awareness of threats to biodiversity, ascription of a personal responsibility and the activation of a personal norm. The importance of the interplay between psychological and contextual factors for explaining the participation is also highlighted.}},
  author       = {{Rahm, Johan}},
  institution  = {{Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund university}},
  issn         = {{0280-8269}},
  keywords     = {{forest preservation; wetland restoration; biodiversity; Value-Belief-Norm theory}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{20}},
  series       = {{Miljöpsykologiska Monografier}},
  title        = {{The Psychological Factors Underlying Participation in Nature Conservation Projects}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}