Applying Visitor Preference Criteria to Choose Pro‐wildlife Behaviors to Ask of Zoo Visitors

Smith, Liam; Weiler, Betty; Smith, Amy Marie; Dijk, Pieter Andrew Van

doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.2012.00168.x

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“…These stakeholder preferences help define the acceptability of some management options (e.g. with regard to acceptable wildlife disturbance scenarios (Kazmierow, Hickling, & Booth, )); or to identify and prioritize pro‐wildlife behaviours (Smith, Weiler, Smith, & Van Dijk, ). NGT was also used to assess the dynamics of stakeholder attitudes (Padgett & Imani, ) before and after exposure to evidence in the frame of an iterative NGT process. Capacity building .…”

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“…avoidance of dominance by some participants) were met (Jacobson et al., ; Kazmierow et al., ). Moreover, trust and motivation are said to be enhanced by NGT, and attitude change can occur (Smith et al., ).…”

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“…People willing to participate in an NGT may also have particular attachments to the place and/or the issue at hand, and their reflections may hence not be representative (Jacobson et al., ). Although NGT is often presented as a time‐efficient method, the lack of time to reach consensus is perceived as a limitation in some studies (Kazmierow et al., ; Smith et al., ). Only three studies explicitly deal with the limitations of NGT, although other studies only use NGT in combination with other methods (see Section ).…”

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“…Most studies have been applied at sub-national scale (12 studies) and one at a national scale (which actually entailed a range of NGT applications in different cities (Smith et al, 2012); There are no global or transboundary applications of NGT in ecology and conservation (see Figure 2 for an overview of the geographical scope of the reviewed studies). The reviewed NGT cases cover a range of topics, with clusters of applications in protected area management (Alvarez-Berastegui et al, 2014;Crabbe et al, 2009;Jacobson et al, 2005); in ecotourism (Colton & Bissix, 2005;James & Crabbe, 2010;Kazmierow et al, 2000); and in communitybased natural resources management (Mountjoy et al, 2014;Strager & Rosenberger, 2006).…”

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“…There are NGT applications in wetland (Jacobson et al, 2005;Robinson & Shepard, 2011), forest (Mendoza & Prabhu, 2000) and endangered species management (Runge et al, 2011). Moreover, there are single cases of application in the education of land use managers with regard to legislation requirements (Padgett & Imani, 1999); regarding zoo visitors' behaviour (Smith et al, 2012) and island eco-development (Jackson, 1993). The number of NGTs per study is generally one (nine out of 14 studies) but ranges from three to seven.…”

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The nominal group technique in ecology & conservation: Application and challenges

Hugé

Mukherjee

2018

Methods Ecol Evol

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Abstract1. The nominal group technique (NGT) is a qualitative method to elicit judgement from stakeholders.2. This paper reviews its application in the field of ecology and conservation. We aim to identify patterns in methodological variants, topics covered, scope, advantages and limitations of the technique.3. Although still not widely used, NGT has been used in ecology and conservation to achieve four main goals: to support biodiversity management, to identify stakeholder preferences and attitudes, to prioritize in capacity-building exercises and to explore novel concepts.4. Most NGT studies have been applied at local level. NGT is quite flexible and has been used in combination with a range of techniques (surveys, with the Delphi method and with multi-criteria analysis, as well as with the collection of ecological data).5. The amalgamation of individual and collective reflection and the coproduction of knowledge among participants in NGT allows for a depolarizing approach to the study and management of conservation issues.

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Quantifying the impact of Wellington Zoo's persuasive communication campaign on post‐visit behavior

MacDonald

2015

Zoo Biology

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Zoos potential to facilitate visitor conservation behavior is commonly articulated. Few studies, however, have quantified whether zoos' conservation messages result in visitors implementing the behavior. To test if zoo conservation messages are adopted at home, I implemented a persuasive communication campaign which advocated keeping cats indoor at night, a behavior that is a potential solution to cats depredating native wildlife. Furthermore, I tested if a public commitment (signing a pledge card) strengthened the relationship between on-site intention to engage in the behavior and actual implementation of the behavior at home. The conservation behavior was included in the twice-daily animal presentations in the amphitheater. A sample of 691 visitors completed a survey as they exited the amphitheater that measured their recall of the conservation behavior and intention to engage in the behavior at home. The last 311 visitors to complete the survey were asked to sign a pledge card which was publicly displayed in the amphitheater. Six weeks after their zoo trip, visitors were contacted and asked if they had implemented the behavior. Recall of the conservation behavior was high (91% for control, 100% for pledge group) and the entire pledge group had implemented the behavior whereas just half (51%) of the control group did. Furthermore, signing the pledge card strengthened the relationship between onsite intention and at home behavior (r = 1.0 of for the pledge group and r = 0.21 for the control group). Overall, the zoo's conservation message was recalled and behavior implemented at home.

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An investigation of the impact of Melbourne Zoo's “Seal‐the‐Loop” donate call‐to‐action on visitor satisfaction and behavior

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Modern zoos are uniquely positioned to educate the public about environmental issues and promote conservation action. This report investigates the introduction of a donation request during an interactive fur seal presentation (as part of Melbourne Zoo's "Seal-the-Loop" initiative) on visitor satisfaction, perceptions of donation as a way to help wild fur seals, and donation behaviors. Comparisons are made between three groups surveyed upon exit: (1) viewed the interactive fur seal presentation prior to the donation request implementation (pledge-presentation: N = 86; see Mellish, Pearson, Sanders, and Litchfield []; International Zoo Yearbook 129:129-154); (2) viewed the interactive fur seal presentation including the donation request (donate-presentation: N = 82); and (3) viewed the fur seal exhibit and donation point but not the presentation and were not directly asked to make a donation (donate-exhibit: N = 82). Findings demonstrate visitor satisfaction with the interactive fur seal presentation was not negatively impacted following the implementation of the donate request (with >92% of pledge-presentation and donate-presentation visitors providing a "satisfied" or "very satisfied" rating). Only the donate-presentation visitors reported donation as a conservation action to help wild fur seals (19.18%; 0% for pledge-presentation visitors). While both donate-exhibit (39.51%) and donate-presentation visitors (60.75%) self-reported making donations or intending to do so, donation behavior was significantly increased for visitors who had viewed the fur seal presentation. Findings provide preliminary support that zoos may utilize interactive educational presentations to effectively ask visitors for donations to support specific conservation projects, without negatively impacting on satisfaction and with a relatively high level of visitor engagement.

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Applying Visitor Preference Criteria to Choose Pro‐wildlife Behaviors to Ask of Zoo Visitors

Cited by 18 publications

References 19 publications

The nominal group technique in ecology & conservation: Application and challenges

The nominal group technique in ecology & conservation: Application and challenges

Quantifying the impact of Wellington Zoo's persuasive communication campaign on post‐visit behavior

An investigation of the impact of Melbourne Zoo's “Seal‐the‐Loop” donate call‐to‐action on visitor satisfaction and behavior

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