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Meaning, belonging and well-being: the socio-psychological benefits of engaging in private land conservation
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Yasue, M and Kirkpatrick, JB and Davison, AG, Meaning, belonging and well-being: the socio-psychological benefits of engaging in private land conservation, Conservation and Society pp. 1-12. ISSN 0975-3133 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright: © Yasué, et al. 2020. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and distribution of the article, provided the original work is cited.
Abstract
While the economic and ecological benefits of private land conservation (PLC) programmes are well known, their contribution to socio-psychological well-being is less understood. Thus we applied the concept of basic psychological needs (BPN) from self-determination theory (SDT) to document these well-being impacts and understand the experience of landowners engaged in PLC programmes in Tasmania, Australia. We developed and administered an online survey (n = 193) that adapted items from SDT scales and used SDT as a framework to code data derived from semi-structured landowner interviews (n = 60). The interviews explored the ways in which participation in PLC supported the three basic needs of autonomy (the need to act according to personal values and desires), competence (the need for perceived efficacy), and relatedness (caring relationships and social belonging). PLC programmes supported autonomy by helping landowners align private land management decisions with deeply held environmental values. These programmes fostered competence and relatedness by developing trust and shared purpose amongst the people engaged in PLC, enabling personal and social learning, and enhancing life purpose and belonging. The scale and longevity of PLC programmes, and thus, the ecological and economic benefits flowing from them, may be increased through attending to, documenting and communicating the well-being benefits of participation.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | intrinsic motivation, social capital, agri-environment, positive psychology, well-being, conservation, private benefit |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Human geography |
| Research Field: | Social geography |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use |
| UTAS Author: | Kirkpatrick, JB (Professor James Kirkpatrick) |
| UTAS Author: | Davison, AG (Associate Professor Aidan Davison) |
| ID Code: | 149067 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP180103118) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2022-03-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-05-04 |
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