Participation and Communication Approaches that Influence Public and Media Response to Scientific Risk: A Comparative Study of Two Biosecurity Events in New Zealand

McEntee, Marie

doi:10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v02i04/52400

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“…However 61 % of post-campaign respondents who had been exposed to information agreed that they would change their firewood practices. Another study (McEntee 2007) examined modes of engagement in relation to two case studies of moth eradication through aerial spraying in Auckland, specifically the White-spotted Tussock Moth Orgyia thyellina and the Painted apple Moth Teia anartoides. While there was no evaluation of the engagement methods post-campaign for either case study, McEntee (2007) was able to assess the efficacy of the Ministry-run campaigns through the level of conflict the campaign created with local communities and officials and then reported in the media.…”

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“…Normative communication with messages highlighting societal opinions from friends, family, peers, law enforcers on what they should do can increase their inclination to comply with the norm (Ajzen 1991;Aipanjiguly et al 2003). McEntee (2007) also highlights the importance of community participation in outbreak management and the use of engagement tools that encourages positive interaction between officials, scientists, communities and the media rather than 'top-down' public education approaches that seek to inform rather than engage. However, a starting point for better risk communication and engagement is an understanding of current levels of pest awareness within and between the different stakeholder communities with an interest in, or impact on, tree health.…”

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Part of the solution? Stakeholder awareness, information and engagement in tree health issues

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The dangers posed to wooded environments from tree pests introduced by the expansion of international trade in live plants and the continued use of wood packaging in transporting materials have been widely accepted. A lack of awareness of the issues amongst key stakeholders involved in the movement of these materials can hamper an effective response as their unaltered behaviours continue to have unintended consequences. Better communication and engagement is needed to enrol this wider range of actors, such as plant buyers, traders and woodland owners, in preventative action or mitigation of tree pest impacts. However, as this review paper shows, current published evidence on awareness levels and effective engagement methods is limited, and lessons must be sought from research into other closely related issues such as invasive plants. We provide a summary of this available evidence, related to key stakeholder groupings, their levels of awareness and current modes of information provision and reception. It show what can at best be described as mediocre levels of awareness, and highlights the role of traditional media, such as television and newspapers, as sources of information. It further notes the urgent need for research to more fully map the tree health stakeholder landscape and to further our understanding of how to increase awareness and effect changes in behaviour.

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“…SLO is an important and sometimes overlooked consideration for the successful uptake of new technologies that overlap with the public domain and describes the process of acquiring ongoing and informed consent of affected communities and stakeholders [28]. Issues around social licence are often found in relation to extractive industries such as mining, forestry, and fisheries, but they also relate to policies and practices in a range of areas including biosecurity response operations [29,30].…”

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“…In a review of social and economic dimensions of biosecurity, Marzano, et al [33] identified the need for better integration of social and biophysical dimensions of tree health management. In New Zealand, responses to biosecurity operations in urban settings indicated the need to include community perspectives and to more meaningfully engage with the community as stakeholders [30]. Māori engagement in biosecurity governance, as Treaty of Waitangi partners with the New Zealand Crown, has been a particular concern [34].…”

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“…Māori engagement in biosecurity governance, as Treaty of Waitangi partners with the New Zealand Crown, has been a particular concern [34]. Not only is there a need to build understanding between decision makers and their stakeholders [30], the recognition of conflict around management of invasive species shows a greater need for engagement. Risk communication that promotes trust and confidence in biosecurity response operations is needed [35].…”

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Biosecurity: Enabling Participatory-Design to Help Address Social Licence to Operate Issues

Ogilvie

McCarthy

Allen

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Forest health can be adversely affected by invasive organisms. Biosecurity measures to prevent the establishment of harmful invasive organisms at national points of entry (e.g., airports or shipping ports) are vital to protect forest health. Innovations in pest eradication technologies are being developed based on their efficiencies and effectiveness. However, the question of whether people find them acceptable is rarely considered. In New Zealand, research is underway into the use of highly targeted pesticide spraying using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a novel technology to eradicate pest species that impact forest, food, and fibre sectors. Public approval for such technologies, however, can be a critical aspect for their success. A tool can be technically effective (achieve eradication), but uptake may be impossible if communities do not trust the technology. We developed a method for enabling discussions about the use of UAVs and their acceptability in general before being operationalized for biosecurity. This paper presents an investigation of how “participatory-design”, an often tactile, visual, and inclusive process of community engagement can improve the acceptance of technology use in the public sphere. We asked people, both scientists and citizens, to evaluate the acceptability of a range of UAV uses (including biosecurity) along a continuum and then explored the reasons for their placement. Key criteria for acceptable and unacceptable uses were subsequently developed to help technology designers and operators consider aspects of social acceptability during design processes. Our tool and approach facilitated discussions around technology acceptability that were subsequently adopted by our technical design team for the development and the use of acceptable UAVs for biosecurity. This research shows how systematic approaches to design can help uncover and mitigate social acceptability issues through inclusive design under increasing threats of biosecurity, whether related to challenges of trade or climate change.

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Communicating Geomorphology

Brierley

2009

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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Participation and Communication Approaches that Influence Public and Media Response to Scientific Risk: A Comparative Study of Two Biosecurity Events in New Zealand

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Part of the solution? Stakeholder awareness, information and engagement in tree health issues

Part of the solution? Stakeholder awareness, information and engagement in tree health issues

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Biosecurity: Enabling Participatory-Design to Help Address Social Licence to Operate Issues

Communicating Geomorphology

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