Engaging the public in climate change-related pro-environmental behaviors to protect coral reefs: The role of public trust in the management agency |
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| Institution: | 1. Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia;2. Global Science, The Nature Conservancy, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA;3. Catchment to Reef Research Group, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia;4. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, United Kingdom;5. Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB3, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia;6. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Climate change Trust Coral reef management Value-Belief-Norm Theory |
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