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Perception-Based Study on the Value of Nature to People and Land Sparing for Nature in Brazil and Poland

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  • Agnieszka E. Latawiec

    (Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22453900, Brazil
    International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
    Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków 30-149, Poland
    School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK)

  • Rodrigo Penna-Firme

    (Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22453900, Brazil)

  • Ingrid A.B. Pena

    (Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22453900, Brazil
    International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil)

  • Bernardo B.N. Strassburg

    (Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22453900, Brazil
    International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
    Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil
    Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, R. Jardim Botânico 1008, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 22460-030, Brazil)

  • Adam Drosik

    (Institute of Political Science and Administration, Opole University, Opole 45-040, Poland)

  • Maciej Kubon

    (Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków 30-149, Poland
    Eastern European State College of Higher Education in Przemyśl, Przemyśl 37-700, Poland)

  • Hubert Latala

    (Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków 30-149, Poland)

  • Katarzyna Grotkiewicz

    (Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków 30-149, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Kubon

    (Association Project Tarnów, Rynek 9, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
    Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, ul. Jabłonowskich 5, 31-114 Krakow, Poland)

  • Pedro Teixeira

    (Department of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

  • Lucas Rodrigues

    (Department of Earth System Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA)

  • Alvaro Iribarrem

    (International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil)

  • Stanisław Famielec

    (Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków 30-149, Poland)

  • Dominika Springer

    (Institute of Political Science and Administration, Opole University, Opole 45-040, Poland)

  • Isabella Leite Lucas

    (International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil)

Abstract

Understanding perception about nature is paramount to understanding human behavior and decision making on the environment. We performed a survey-based study in Brazil and Poland to better understand the perception of land sparing for nature and the perceived value of nature. The countries were selected by intentional sampling and given their importance for local and global biodiversity conservation, and complex socio-ecological context of conservation versus agroforestry business. We performed an online questionnaire (N = 1030) in Brazil and face-to-face interviews in Poland (N = 322). We found that Brazilian respondents demonstrated more pro-environmental attitudes than Polish survey participants. Regarding the question: “How much nature that is left should be spared?”, nearly 51% of Brazilians answered “everything”, compared with 13% of Polish respondents. Just under half of the respondents from Poland (45.6%) indicated that half of the nature that is left should be spared. Brazilian respondents also perceived the intrinsic value of nature to a greater extent compared with Polish respondents; in total, 76% of Brazilians respondents entirely agreed that “Nature, its plants and animals have a value on their own, independent of their usefulness for us” versus 25% of Polish respondents. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the leverage points driving pro-environmental attitudes in both countries.

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  • Agnieszka E. Latawiec & Rodrigo Penna-Firme & Ingrid A.B. Pena & Bernardo B.N. Strassburg & Adam Drosik & Maciej Kubon & Hubert Latala & Katarzyna Grotkiewicz & Krzysztof Kubon & Pedro Teixeira & Luca, 2020. "Perception-Based Study on the Value of Nature to People and Land Sparing for Nature in Brazil and Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:21:p:8860-:d:434609
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