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An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation

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Title An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation
 
Creator Crosman, Katherine
Jurcevic, Ines
Holmes, Carlin
Hall, Crystal
Allison, Edward H.
 
Subject equity
conservation
behavioral science
behavioral insights
social psychology
 
Description In recent decades, interest in and application of behavioral insights to conservation theory and practice have expanded significantly. Yet the growth of integrated strategies to adapt and guide human behavior in service of conservation outcomes has included limited engagement with questions of equity and power. Here we examine the use of behavioral approaches in conservation efforts, emphasizing potential misapplications that may result from omitting equity and power considerations. Such omission may lead to an overemphasis on the role of individual behaviors relative to system-level drivers of biodiversity loss, result in misalignment between behavioral interventions and the actual drivers of behavior in situ, and incur unanticipated negative social welfare and distributional costs, all of which may undermine conservation success. We offer recommendations for centering equity when applying behavioral insights to conservation, including strategies for high-level agenda setters (scholars, advocates, funders and programmatic leaders) as well as conservation practitioners. The urgent need for biodiversity conservation is insufficient reason to side-step equity and power considerations; we contend that centering equity is consistent with this urgency and key for developing sustainable conservation theory and practice.
 
Date 2022-09
2022-12-01T02:23:19Z
2022-12-01T02:23:19Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Katherine Crosman, Ines Jurcevic, Carlin Holmes, Crystal Hall, Edward (Eddie) Allison. (28/4/2022). An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation. Conservation Letters.
1755-263X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125744
https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12885
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Society for Conservation Biology
 
Source Conservation Letters