Linking Human Destruction of Nature to COVID-19 Increases Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies

doi:10.1007/s10640-020-00444-x

	Linking Human Destruction of Nature to COVID-19 Increases Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies
	Shreedhar, Ganga; Mourato, Susana
	2020-07
发表期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
ISSN	0924-6460
EISSN	1573-1502
摘要	This paper investigates if narratives varying the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic affects pro-wildlife conservation outcomes. In a pre-registered online experiment (N = 1081), we randomly allocated subjects to either a control group or to one of three narrative treatment groups, each presenting a different likely cause of the COVID-19 outbreak: an animal cause; an animal and human cause (AHC); and an animal, human or lab cause. We found that the AHC narrative elicited significantly greater pro-conservation policy support, especially for bans in the commercial trade of wildlife, when compared to the control group. Possible mechanisms driving this effect are that AHC narratives were less familiar, elicited higher mental and emotional engagement, and induced feelings that firms and governments are responsible for mitigating wildlife extinction.
关键词	Narratives Communication Conservation Wildlife Extinction Conservation policy Environmental policy Prosocial behaviour Experiment COVID-19
DOI	10.1007/s10640-020-00444-x
WOS关键词	WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; NARRATIVE TRANSPORTATION ; PUBLIC-GOODS ; SCIENCE ; RESPONSIBILITY ; PERSUASION ; COMMUNICATION ; DETERMINANTS ; SERIOUSNESS
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Economics ; Environmental Studies
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	London Sch Econ & Polit Sci
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shreedhar, Ganga,Mourato, Susana. Linking Human Destruction of Nature to COVID-19 Increases Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS,2020.
APA	Shreedhar, Ganga,&Mourato, Susana.(2020).Linking Human Destruction of Nature to COVID-19 Increases Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies.ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS.
MLA	Shreedhar, Ganga,et al."Linking Human Destruction of Nature to COVID-19 Increases Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies".ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS (2020).

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