Implications of human value shift and persistence for biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Michael J ManfredoAlia M Dietsch

Abstract

Large-scale change in human values and associated behavior change is believed by some to be the ultimate solution to achieve global biodiversity conservation. Yet little is known about the dynamics of values. We contribute to this area of inquiry by examining, as a case example, the trajectory of values affecting views of wildlife in North America. Using data from a 19-state study in the U.S. and global data from the Schwartz Value Survey, we explored questions of value persistence, value change, and the nature of attitudinal responses regarding wildlife conservation issues. Tracing subjects' ancestry, we provide evidence supporting the supposition that domination is a prevalent American value orientation toward wildlife with origins in the Judeo-Christian traditions of Europe. Independent of that effect, we also find indications of change; modernization is contributing to a shift from domination to mutualism value orientations, which is fostering attitudes less centered on human interests and seemingly more consistent with a biocentric philosophy. Findings suggest that if value shift could be achieved in a purposeful way, then significant and widespread behavior change believed necessary for long-term conservation success may ...Continue Reading

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