Significance of perceived social expectation and implications to conservation education: Turtle conservation as a case study

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 900-913

  Lo, Alex Y ^a,b   Chow, Alex T ^b,c   Cheung, Sze Man ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South China Conservation Alliance ^*  (Hong Kong)

^d Asia Turtle Rehabilitation Project   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Asian turtles; China (Guangzhou); Conservation education; Environmental attitude; Environmental behavior; Social expectation; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ASIAN TURTLES; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; GUANGZHOU; SOCIAL EXPECTATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURTLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLES; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84867573832     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9926-2     Document Type: Article

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