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'Taking action for the Reef?' - Australians do not connect Reef conservation with individual climate-related actions
- Source :
- Conservation Letters
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Climate change is the most significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). While Australians express appreciation and concern for the GBR, it is not clear whether they connect climate-related action with reef conservation. An online survey of 4,285 Australians asked “…what types of actions could people like you do that would be helpful for the GBR?” Only 4.1% mentioned a specific action related to mitigating climate change; another 3.8% mentioned climate change but no specific action. The most common responses related to reducing plastic pollution (25.6%). These findings demonstrate that most Australians have poor capacity to identify individual climate-related actions as helpful for reef protection, and that generic calls to action—such as “protect the reef”—are unlikely to elicit climate-related actions. As such, reef conservation initiatives must explicitly promote actions—in the home and in society—that reduce emissions and support the transition to a low carbon society.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- Conservation Letters
- Notes :
- application/pdf
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1255560804
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource