The Cecil Moment: Celebrity environmentalism, Nature 2.0, and the cultural politics of lion trophy hunting

McCubbin, Sandra

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.015

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“…Celebrities are prominent within climate politics through endorsing green issues (e.g., pop‐star, Madonna, writing a climate change song), educating citizens about pressing environmental concerns (e.g., actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, producing and starring in the climate change documentary Before the Flood ), arguing for affective responses to the environment (e.g., climate activist, Greta Thunberg’s, emotional address to the United Nations climate action summit), and promoting engagement with climate action (e.g., following celebrity statements and activities on social media) (Goodman, 2018). Much of the literature on celebrity environmentalism has focused on the outcomes of their involvement, questioning whether celebrities help or hinder public awareness (Anderson, 2011; McCubbin, 2020). However, this neglects the diverse roles that celebrities play in mobilizing participation with social and environmental concerns.…”

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The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef

Wright

Nyberg

2022

J Management Studies

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Celebrities are increasingly important actors in social disputes, with their high public profiles used to amplify political campaigns and business firms utilising celebrity endorsements to promote their brands and justify their actions. Engaging with the conceptual framework of Boltanski and Thévenot's 'orders of worth', we explore the public dispute over coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, analysing the different roles that celebrities have played and how their claims are evaluated. We demonstrate how celebrities as powerful agents for industries and environmental campaigns perform three key roles -popularizers, authorities, and visionaries. Our article contributes to the management literature on public disputes by explaining the evaluative processes underlying sustainability controversies. We also contribute by providing a better understanding of the roles and capacity of celebrities in in public debates over contentious issues. We discuss the policy implications of celebrity roles in addressing the climate crisis and mobilizing action to limit further disruption.

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The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef

Wright

Nyberg

2022

J Management Studies

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“…Nature 2.0 literature critically examines conservation NGO's efforts to attract the public to engage with them through interactive online activities, where consumers become co-producers of nature and conservation narratives (Büscher and Igoe 2013). These activities range from playing an educational game, directing funds to one project or another by clicking on options, publicly "shaming" environmentally destructive individuals or institutions, or collaborative organization of direct actions (Lovink 2011;Büscher 2017;Checker 2017;McCubbin 2020). Public knowledge can be harnessed as a source of biological and geographical information, feeding conservation actions with reduced economic investment and field effort for conservation groups (Goodchild 2007;Newell et al 2012).…”

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<i>Denunciafauna</i> – A social media campaign to evaluate wildlife crime and law enforcement in Peru

Shanee

2021

Journal of Political Ecology

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General Public Complaint Against Captive Wildlife),in short Denunciafauna, ran from April 2014 to April 2017 as an experiment to empirically assess the capacity of Peruvian wildlife authorities to address animal trafficking. We used a political ecology activist research framework, where the campaign is part of research examining on-the-ground responses to complaints and opportunities for collaboration with civil society.During the campaign we collected information on 179 cases of wildlife crime involving animals, from which 214 official complaints were made. These cases involved thousands of illegally held and traded individuals. The official complaints included the illegal possession of animals at tourist attractions,in private homes, markets, circuses, street vendors, and as part of initiatives authorized by the State. Forty-four per cent of the complaints did not result in any type of intervention by the wildlife authorities. In a further 26% of cases we, the complainants, have not been informed of the results of the complaint. Thirty per cent of complaints resulted in the confiscation of all or some of the animals involved, but only 7% of all reported cases led to an official investigation by the public prosecutor, and of these, only 3% (7cases) resulted in a court appearance with a sentence given or pending. We describe 'typical' cases which illustrate some of the quantitative results.These quantitative results, cases presented, and participative observation methodologies were used to examine the main limitations of wildlife authorities in Peru. Chronic deficiencies have consistently resulted in the very limited responses of Peruvian wildlife authorities to attend to official complaints and their inability to provide efficient and proportionate responses to wildlife crime, and, in some cases, to even promote or participate in illicit activities. However, pressure and support from civil society can significantly improve authorities' performances.

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“…Social instant messaging networks have gained prominence in conducting research ( VAN VLIET et al, 2017;MCCUBBIN, 2020) and exchanging information on occurrence and recording of biodiversity (SUPRAYITNO et al, 2017), but their participation in the exchange of traditional ecological knowledge associated with hunting and about the possibility of animal consumption is not yet investigated.…”

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The consumption of the White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus macrosternum Leptodactylidae: Anura) in the state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon

Oliveira¹,

Rodrigues

Messias

et al. 2021

Biotemas

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The consumption of anurans by subsistence hunters in the Brazilian Amazon is unrecorded. Given this scenario, the objective of this study is to present the first record of White-lipped Frog consumption by subsistence hunters in the Amazon region of Rondônia. The data were collected through interviews with two migrant hunters from the state of Espírito Santo, currently residing in the municipality of Itapuã do Oeste in Rondônia. The hunters used to consume white-lipped frog (possibly Leptodactylus latrans) in their state of origin, and after locating a similar species (Leptodactylus macrosternum) and confirming the possibility of consumption with the mother through WhatsApp, they started consuming the frog. This record demonstrates how certain habits related to the consumption of wild animals can be maintained in new locations and how instant messaging tools can collaborate with information exchange about game species.

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The Cecil Moment: Celebrity environmentalism, Nature 2.0, and the cultural politics of lion trophy hunting

Cited by 15 publications

References 38 publications

The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef

The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef

<i>Denunciafauna</i> – A social media campaign to evaluate wildlife crime and law enforcement in Peru

The consumption of the White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus macrosternum Leptodactylidae: Anura) in the state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon

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