The importance of future generations and conflict management in conservation
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The need to scale-up conservation initiatives is widely accepted, but understanding how to catalyze the adoption of conservation initiatives remains elusive. To address this challenge, we used diffusion of innovation theory and Best-Worst Scaling experiments to rank the factors that influence the adoption of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) by villages in north Madagascar. The most important driver for respondents to adopt LMMAs was the wellbeing of future generations, while the most important barrier was conflict within and between villages that could arise from the adoption of LMMAs. This emphasis on the benefits and costs of adoption is consistent with diffusion of innovation theory. However, our results indicate that people's intrinsic values (e.g., benevolence and peace) were more important to survey respondents in the adoption of LMMAs than is generally reported in the diffusion of innovation literature. Concerns about conflict from LMMAs and the distribution of livestock incentives warrant further consideration to support the adoption of this conservation initiative in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Our study can guide future conservation research and practice to identify the “best” and “worst” attributes of LMMAs and other initiatives to increase the adoption of conservation.
Date Issued
2021-09-01
Date Acceptance
2021-06-19
Citation
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021, 3 (9)
ISSN
2578-4854
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Conservation Science and Practice
Volume
3
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Authors. Conservation Science and Practice published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
ADOPTION
Best-Worst Scaling
Biodiversity & Conservation
Biodiversity Conservation
community conservation
DIFFUSION
diffusion of innovation
FRAMEWORK
INNOVATION
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
LMMAs
marine conservation
MOTIVATIONS
Science & Technology
VALUES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e488
Date Publish Online
2021-06-30