Скачать или смотреть Perceived fairness of conservation decision making and procedural equity criteria | Hampton-Smith

People’s perceptions about how fair conservation decision-making is can play a critical role in whether they support and comply with conservation efforts. Termed procedural equity, fair decision-making is emphasized in policy and practice due to its ethical and instrumental importance. However, limited understanding of what contributes to perceptions of fair decision-making may hamper efforts to foster procedural equity. We examine how six criteria of procedural equity (accountability, correctability, voice, decision control, transparency, and trust) are related to perceptions of fairness in decision-making for 1799 residents of Australia’s Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park. We find that: 1) five out of six procedural
equity criteria are related to perceived fairness of decision making; and 2) the absence of procedural equity criteria has a stronger relationship to perceived (un)fairness in decision-making than the presence of procedural equity criteria. Comparing the uneven relationship between absent and present criteria to perceived decision-making fairness highlights the strong negative impacts that ignoring procedural equity concerns can have for conservation projects.

Speaker bio

Melissa Hampton-Smith (JCU)

Melissa’s PhD is in environmental social science
at James Cook University. Under the supervision of Georgina Gurney, Joshua Cinner, and Jacqueline Lau, my research focuses on fairness in marine conservation, especially how issues of governance and participatory processes can impact environmental management. I have worked collaboratively in Tanzania to study how destructive fishing impacts coastal fishing communities, and have ongoing research projects in southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Previously, I lived in Egypt, Tanzania, and Germany while studying social science and environmental science.

Co-authors: Georgina Gurney (JCU); Matt Curnock (CSIRO); Cristina Ruano-Chamorro (Lancaster University); Joshua Cinner (University of Sydney)