Conservation education promotes positive shortand medium-term changes in perceptions and attitudes towards a threatened primate species

G.F. Bernárdez-Rodriguez; M. Bowler; F. Braga-Pereira; M. McNaughton; Pedro Mayor

doi:10.15451/EC2021-09-10.31-1-16

Conservation education promotes positive shortand medium-term changes in perceptions and attitudes towards a threatened primate species

G.F. Bernárdez-Rodriguez, M. Bowler, F. Braga-Pereira, M. McNaughton, Pedro Mayor^*

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Molts projectes de conservació de la vida salvatge tenen com a objectiu canviar les percepcions de les comunitats locals mitjançant programes d'educació sobre la conservació. Tot i això, pocs avaloren si aquests programes promouen efectivament canvis en les percepcions i actituds de les comunitats cap a la conservació de la vida salvatge i com ho fan. Vam dissenyar un programa educatiu centrat en comunicar als habitants locals d'una comunitat remota de l'Amazònia peruana que els seus territoris es consideren globalment importants per al uacari vermell (Cacajao calvus) i inspirar-los a esdevenir protectors i defensors d'aquesta espècie en perill. El nostre objectiu era avaluar els canvis en les percepcions i actituds cap al uacari vermell després d'un taller d'educació sobre la conservació. Vam trobar que les actituds positives i les percepcions del uacari vermell van augmentar immediatament després de l'esdeveniment i a curt termini (dos anys) però es va reduir a mitjà termini (tres anys). Tot i això, fins i tot a mig termini, les actituds seguien sent millors que abans de l'esdeveniment. Els nostres resultats indiquen que els programes d'educació sobre la conservació són útils per fomentar actituds positives i percepcions cap a la conservació de la vida salvatge a curt termini, però pot ser necessari dur a terme activitats educatives ambientals en curs perquè hi hagi efectes positius duradors. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Idioma original	Anglès
Número d’article	31
Revista	Ethnobiology and Conservation
Volum	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15451/EC2021-09-10.31-1-16
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - 2021

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