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      Evaluating the influence of nature connection and values on conservation attitudes at a tropical deforestation frontier

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          Inner phenomena, such as personal motivations for pursuing sustainability, may be critical levers for improving conservation outcomes. Most conservation research and policies, however, focus on external phenomena (e.g., ecological change or economic processes). We explored the factors shaping 9 conservation attitudes toward forest and wildlife protection among colonist farmers around an Amazonian deforestation frontier. Our data comprised 241 face‐to‐face quantitative surveys, complemented with qualitative insights from open‐ended questionnaire responses and opportunistic semistructured interviews. To account for the full spectrum of possible inner motivations, we employed measures of nature connection (indicating biospheric motivation) and personal values organized around the traditionalism (traditionalist through to high openness to change) and universalism dimensions (egoistic through to altruistic motivations). We used averaged beta‐binomial generalized linear models to assess the role of external factors (socioeconomic, sociodemographic, and environmental) and personal (inner) motivations on the variation in attitudes. Each attitude was modeled separately. The relative importance of each predictor was judged by the proportion of models where it appeared as significant. Proconservation views were expressed by the majority (at least 65%) of the respondents in 7 out of the 9 attitude models. The most consistent predictors were emotional nature connection and personal values (significant in 4–6 out of 9 models), rather than external phenomena (significant in 0–5 models). However, the poorest farmers had lower scores on the agreement with prioritizing nature over development (𝛽 = –0.52, 95% CI: –0.96 to –0.07). Qualitative data also indicated that economic barriers hinder forest conservation on farms. These results suggest that biospheric, traditionalistic, and altruistic motivations promote people's proconservation attitudes, but nurturing these latent motivations is unlikely to improve conservation outcomes if material poverty remains unaddressed. Integrating the inner–outer perspective into conservation thinking and practical interventions could foster environmental stewardship and increase human well‐being.

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          Evaluación de la influencia de la conexión y los valores naturales sobre las actitudes de conservación es una frontera tropical de deforestación

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          Los fenómenos interiores, como los motivos personales para ser sustentables, pueden ser niveladores importantes para aumentar los resultados de conservación. Sin embargo, la mayor parte de la investigación y las políticas se enfocan en los fenómenos exteriores (cambios ecológicos o procesos económicos, por ejemplo). Exploramos los factores que moldean nueve actitudes de conservación relacionadas con la protección de los bosques y la fauna en un grupo de agricultores colonos cercanos a una frontera de deforestación en la Amazonía. Nuestros datos se obtuvieron de 241 encuestas presenciales cuantitativas complementadas con información cualitativa tomada de las respuestas en cuestionarios de preguntas abiertas y entrevistas oportunistas semiestructuradas. Para considerar el espectro completo de las posibles motivaciones interiores empleamos medidas de la conexión natural (lo que indica motivos relacionados a la biósfera) y valores personales organizados en torno a las dimensiones del tradicionalismo (del tradicionalista hasta una gran apertura al cambio) y el universalismo (del egoísta hasta los motivos altruistas). Usamos modelos lineales generalizados betabinomiales promediados para evaluar el papel que tienen los factores externos (socioeconómicos, sociodemográficos y ambientales) y los motivos personales (interiores) en la variación de las actitudes. Modelamos cada actitud por separado. Juzgamos la importancia relativa de cada predictor mediante la proporción de modelos en los que aparecían como significativos. La mayoría (al menos el 65%) de los respondientes expresó las opiniones en pro de la conservación en siete de los nueve modelos de actitud. Los predictores más uniformes fueron la conexión emocional natural y los valores personales (significativos en cuatro a seis de los nueve modelos), en lugar de los fenómenos externos (significativos en cero a cinco modelos). Sin embargo, los agricultores más pobres tuvieron un puntaje más bajo en cuanto a estar de acuerdo con la priorización de la naturaleza sobre el desarrollo (𝛽 = ‐0.52, 95% CI ‐0.96 a ‐0.07). Los datos cualitativos también indicaron que las barreras económicas impiden la conservación de los bosques en las fincas. Estos resultados sugieren que los motivos tradicionalistas, altruistas y aquellos relacionados con la biósfera promueven las actitudes en pro de la conservación de las personas, pero es poco probable que propiciar estos motivos latentes aumente los resultados de conservación si sigue sin solucionarse la pobreza material. La inclusión de las perspectivas internas y externas dentro del pensamiento de conservación y las intervenciones prácticas podría fomentar la administración ambiental e incrementar el bienestar humano.

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          内在现象, 如追求可持续性的个人动机, 可能是改善保护结果的关键杠杆。然而, 大多数保护研究和政策都仅关注外在现象, 如生态变化或经济过程。本研究探讨了在亚马逊森林砍伐前线的殖民农民中, 影响对森林和野生动物保护的 9 种保护态度的因素。我们的数据包含 241 个面对面的定量调查, 辅以来自开放式问卷调查和机会性半结构化访谈的定性调查结果。为了说明所有可能的内在动机, 我们采用了对自然联系 (生物圈动机) 和个人价值观的测量, 围绕传统主义 (从传统主义者到对变化高度接受) 和普遍主义维度 (从利己主义动机到利他主义动机) 。我们使用了平均 beta 二项式广义线性模型评估外在因素 (社会经济、社会人口和环境) 和个人 (内在) 动机在态度变化中的作用, 并对每种态度单独建模, 并用每个预测因子在模型中出现的显著比例来确定其相对重要性。结果表明, 在 9 个态度模型的 7 个中, 大多数 (至少 65%) 受访者表达了支持保护的观点。最一致的预测因子是与自然的情感联系和个人价值观 (在9个模型的 4–6 个模型中显著), 而不是外在现象 (在 0–5 个模型中显著) 。然而, 最贫穷的农民在认同自然优先于发展方面的打分较低 (𝛽= −0.52, 95% 置信区间为 −0.96 至 −0.07) 。 定性数据还表明, 经济障碍阻碍了农场的森林保护。以上结果表明, 生物圈、传统主义和利他主义动机促进了人们支持保护的态度, 但如果物质贫困问题得不到解决, 培养这些潜在动机也不太可能改善保护结果。我们提出, 将内在‐外在视角纳入保护思想和实际干预措施, 有助于促进环境管理并提高人类福祉。 【翻译: 胡怡思; 审校: 聂永刚】

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                Journal
                Conservation Biology
                Conservation Biology
                Wiley
                0888-8892
                1523-1739
                August 2023
                April 20 2023
                August 2023
                : 37
                : 4
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Grantham Research Institute London School of Economics and Political Science London UK
                [2 ] Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster UK
                [3 ] Ecology and Environment Research Centre Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK
                [4 ] School of Geography University of Nottingham Nottingham UK
                [5 ] Georg‐Elias‐Müller‐Institute for Psychology Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen Göttingen Germany
                [6 ] Nucleo de Altos Estudos Amazonicos (NAEA) Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
                [7 ] Vivaz Serviços Ambientais Divinópolis Brazil
                [8 ] Institute of Ecology and Evolution University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
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                10.1111/cobi.14067
                97b059b2-5663-4f01-98ec-adef1741b116
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