Engaging the public in climate change-related pro-environmental behaviors to protect coral reefs: The role of public trust in the management agency

Christopher J. Wynveen and Stephen G. Sutton

Marine Policy, 2015, vol. 53, issue C, 131-140

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role that stakeholder trust in a management agency, as a source of information about climate change, plays in relationships among antecedents to climate change-related pro-environmental behavior. Data collected from a survey of Australian residents living adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park revealed that lower intensities of institutional trust were associated with a less biocentric worldview, a lower reported awareness of consequences of the impacts of climate change, and a lower sense of obligation to adopt pro-environmental behaviors. Findings suggest that managers should attempt to foster the trust their stakeholders have in their agency because when trust increases, stakeholders develop stronger relationships among the antecedents of pro-environmental behavior.

Keywords: Climate change; Trust; Coral reef management; Value-Belief-Norm Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.030

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