Shifts in tourists’ sentiments and climate risk perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

Curnock, Matt; Marshall, Nadine; Thiault, Lauric; Heron, Scott F.; Hoey, Jessica; Williams, Genevieve; Taylor, Bruce; Pert, Petina L.; Goldberg, Jeremy

doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0504-y

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“…These findings are largely congruent with the findings of Van der Linden [22] and Xie et al [23]. While the importance of affect in shaping risk perceptions was diminished in earlier research [57], more recent research largely endorses the idea that emotions and affect play a crucial role in forming climate change risk perceptions [22,23,31,[58][59][60][61][62][63][64]. Therefore, since once again the importance of emotions and affect in understanding risk perceptions of climate change is underscored, the need for future research focusing on how emotions can-and should-be addressed in climate change communications is paramount.…”

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Climate Change Risk Perceptions of Audiences in the Climate Change Blogosphere

2020

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The Climate Change Risk Perception Model (CCRPM, Van der Linden, 2015) has been used to characterize public risk perceptions; however, little is known about the model’s explanatory power in other (online) contexts. In this study, we extend the model and investigate the risk perceptions of a unique audience: The polarized climate change blogosphere. In total, our model explained 84% of the variance in risk perceptions by integrating socio-demographic characteristics, cognitive factors, experiential processes, socio-cultural influences, and an additional dimension: Trust in scientists and blogs. Although trust and the scientific consensus are useful additions to the model, affect remains the most important predictor of climate change risk perceptions. Surprisingly, the relative importance of social norms and value orientations is minimal. Implications for risk and science communication are discussed.

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Section: Evaluation Of Ccrpm+supporting

confidence: 74%

Climate Change Risk Perceptions of Audiences in the Climate Change Blogosphere

2020

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“…However, commercial species most negatively affected by the PMH in the GOA were among the highest revenue-producing fisheries representing a substantial portion of total earnings for vessels in the region. Additionally, uncertainty in recovery times associated with repeated fishery closures, rapid rates of change in target species, and damage to natural attractions (e.g., whale watching) created stress for fishing- and tourist-dependent communities 50 , 51 .…”

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Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave

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Arimitsu

Coletti

et al. 2021

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Some of the longest and most comprehensive marine ecosystem monitoring programs were established in the Gulf of Alaska following the environmental disaster of the Exxon Valdez oil spill over 30 years ago. These monitoring programs have been successful in assessing recovery from oil spill impacts, and their continuation decades later has now provided an unparalleled assessment of ecosystem responses to another newly emerging global threat, marine heatwaves. The 2014–2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave (PMH) in the Gulf of Alaska was the longest lasting heatwave globally over the past decade, with some cooling, but also continued warm conditions through 2019. Our analysis of 187 time series from primary production to commercial fisheries and nearshore intertidal to offshore oceanic domains demonstrate abrupt changes across trophic levels, with many responses persisting up to at least 5 years after the onset of the heatwave. Furthermore, our suite of metrics showed novel community-level groupings relative to at least a decade prior to the heatwave. Given anticipated increases in marine heatwaves under current climate projections, it remains uncertain when or if the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem will return to a pre-PMH state.

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“…Reef tourism operators tend to be entrepreneurial, have achieved a high level of education, and are sensitive to tourists’ perceptions and media representations of GBR threats (Curnock et al. 2014, 2019; Curnock & Marshall 2019). Commercial fishers are a relatively homogeneous male‐dominated group and tend to be older and more politically conservative than tourism operators (Tobin et al.…”

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Convergence of stakeholders’ environmental threat perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

Thiault

Curnock

Gurney

et al. 2020

Conservation Biology

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Managing human use of ecosystems in an era of rapid environmental change requires an understanding of diverse stakeholders' behaviors and perceptions to enable effective prioritization of actions to mitigate multiple threats. Specifically, research examining how threat perceptions are shared or diverge among stakeholder groups and how these can evolve through time is increasingly important. We investigated environmental threat perceptions related to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and explored their associations before and after consecutive years of mass coral bleaching. We used data from surveys of commercial fishers, tourism operators, and coastal residents (n = 5254) conducted in 2013 and 2017. Threats perceived as most serious differed substantially among groups before bleaching but were strongly aligned after bleaching. Climate change became the most frequently reported threat by all stakeholder groups following the coral bleaching events, and perceptions of fishing and poor water quality as threats also ranked high. Within each of the 3 stakeholder groups, fishers, tourism operators, and coastal residents, the prioritization of these 3 threats tended to diverge in 2013, but convergence occurred after bleaching. These results indicate an emergence of areas of agreement both within and across stakeholder groups. Changes in perceptions were likely influenced by high-profile environmental-disturbance events and media representations of threats. Our results provide insights into the plasticity of environmental-threat perceptions and highlight how their convergence in response to major events may create new opportunities for strategic public engagement and increasing support for management.

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Shifts in tourists’ sentiments and climate risk perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

Cited by 75 publications

References 62 publications

Climate Change Risk Perceptions of Audiences in the Climate Change Blogosphere

Climate Change Risk Perceptions of Audiences in the Climate Change Blogosphere

Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave

Convergence of stakeholders’ environmental threat perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

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