The Relationship Between Volunteer Motivations and Variation in Frequency of Participation in Conservation Activities

Takase, Y.; Hadi, Akhmad Arifin; Furuya, Katsunori

doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1106-6

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“…Of course, as Bruyere and Rappe [33] as well as Campbell and Smith [34] found, helping the environment and furthering global environmental efforts are central reasons why individuals claim they engage in conservation volunteering. More recently, Takase and colleagues [35] showed that improvement of well-being for a local community can have an influence on the variation in frequency of participation.…”

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Examining Millennials’ Global Citizenship Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions to Engage in Environmental Volunteering

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Volunteering for nature conservation has become an important resource in solving local environmental problems of global importance. The study at hand assessed how well millennials’ global citizenship attitudes explain their behavioral intentions to engage in volunteer projects, as well as how prior experience of volunteering in environmental projects affects millennials’ global citizenship attitudes. Those who reported past participation in this type of volunteer experience were generally more inclined to partake in future environmental volunteering than those without prior experience. Likewise, for those with prior experience, global citizen factors played a greater role in intentions to experience environmental volunteering. This study makes valuable contributions to the literature surrounding nature conservation, as it illustrates that millennials’ global citizenship attitudes predict participation in environmental volunteering. This work concludes with insights concerning what programs (that provide millennials with opportunities to fulfill environmental duties associated with their global environmental citizenship) can do to provide a more valuable experience for young volunteers.

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Section: Environmental Volunteeringmentioning

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“…They also exhibited a wider variety of motivations; Liarakou, Kostelou, and Gavrilakis (2011) and Hobbs and White (2016) found that the opportunity to experience contact with nature was highly valued. By contrast, Takase et al (2019) found that Japanese citizens were strongly motivated by improvements to physical well-being.…”

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“…However, the motivation of physical activity was not found to be as important in our literature review. Only Takase et al (2019) andO'Brien et al (2010) found physical activity to motivate volunteers as it contributes to their physical and mental well-being. These two papers specifically tested for a spectrum of mental, social and physical measures of well-being.…”

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“…Similarly, the motivation to help people was frequently identified in the literature (Asah & Blahna, 2013;Higgins & Shackleton, 2015;Measham & Barnett, 2008;Pan, 2012;Takase et al, 2019) and was included many projects advertised on NatureVolunteers. By contrast, the online community expressed little interest in this attribute.…”

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“…This is consistent with motivations observed in similar studies (He, Parrish, Rowe, & Jones, 2019; Hermoso, Martin, Stotz, Gelcich, & Thiel, 2019; Hobbs & White, 2012; Jones et al., 2018; Martin & Greig, 2019). The motivations of people taking part in practical management projects reflected the higher value they tended to put on social opportunities, such as meeting like‐minded people (Asah & Blahna, 2013; Hobbs & White, 2016) and contributing to the community (Pan, 2012; Takase, Hadi, & Furuya, 2019). They also exhibited a wider variety of motivations; Liarakou, Kostelou, and Gavrilakis (2011) and Hobbs and White (2016) found that the opportunity to experience contact with nature was highly valued.…”

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Cities are increasingly recognised as important sites for biodiversity and essential for improving human-nature connections. However, urban areas are also hotspots for rats, which negatively impact biodiversity due to competition and depredation. Urban residents may undertake rat control on their properties, but the effectiveness of such volunteer initiatives for broader biodiversity outcomes has not been tested in urban environments. We conducted a comprehensive study inclusive of rat abundance, adult bird diversity, and bird breeding success. We monitored rat (Norway rat Rattus norvegicus; ship rat Rattus rattus) presence and modelled detection probabilities and occupancy in suburban residential backyards in Auckland, New Zealand. We also compared bird abundance and richness among backyards and recorded 140 nesting attempts from 15 bird species between September 2021 and February 2022. Despite rat control, rats were detected at some point in all backyards, though relative abundance was low, and fewer rats were detected in backyards with more frequent rat control. Higher bird abundance, and to a lesser extent richness, were associated with proximity to native vegetation patches and more frequent rat control. Overall fledging success was relatively high and predation by rats was relatively low compared to previous research. Nest survival was slightly higher for introduced bird species. Daily nest survival rate increased with nest height, proximity to native vegetation patches, and when rat detection rates decreased. Although the effect was small, frequent rat control within a backyard was associated with increased fledging success and increased bird species richness and abundance. Further research is required to explore the factors that interact with backyard rat control to improve local outcomes for birds. High levels of community participation in backyard rat control are required to improve neighbourhood-wide outcomes for birds.

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The Relationship Between Volunteer Motivations and Variation in Frequency of Participation in Conservation Activities

Cited by 24 publications

References 45 publications

Examining Millennials’ Global Citizenship Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions to Engage in Environmental Volunteering

Examining Millennials’ Global Citizenship Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions to Engage in Environmental Volunteering

Diversifying environmental volunteers by engaging with online communities

Outcomes of community-led urban rat control on avifauna

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