TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing public commitment to endangered species protection: A Canadian case study AU - McCune, J.L. AU - Carlsson, Anja M. AU - Colla, Sheila AU - Davy, Christina AU - Favaro, Brett AU - Ford, Adam T. AU - Fraser, Kevin C. AU - Martins, Eduardo G. Y1 - 2017/01/01 PY - 2017 DA - 2017/01/01 N1 - doi: 10.1139/facets-2016-0054 DO - 10.1139/facets-2016-0054 T2 - FACETS JF - FACETS SP - 178 EP - 194 VL - 2 PB - Canadian Science Publishing N2 - Preventing the extinction of species will require limiting human activities in key areas, but it is unclear to what extent the public is committed to these limits and the associated costs. We commissioned an online survey of 1000 Canadians and asked them if it is important to prevent the extinction of wild species in Canada. We used specific scenarios illustrating the need for limits to personal activities, private property rights, and industrial development to further test their support. The respondents were strongly committed to species conservation in principle (89% agree), including the need to limit industrial development (80% agree). There was less support for limiting private property rights (63% agree), and more uncertainty when scenarios suggested potential loss of property rights and industry-based jobs. This highlights the high level of public concern regarding the economic impacts of preventing extinctions, and the need for more programs to encourage voluntary stewardship of endangered species on private land. Opinion polls that measure public support for conservation without acknowledging the concessions required may result in overly optimistic estimates of the level of support. Most Canadians in our sample supported endangered species conservation even when the necessity of limiting human activities was explicitly stated. AB - Preventing the extinction of species will require limiting human activities in key areas, but it is unclear to what extent the public is committed to these limits and the associated costs. We commissioned an online survey of 1000 Canadians and asked them if it is important to prevent the extinction of wild species in Canada. We used specific scenarios illustrating the need for limits to personal activities, private property rights, and industrial development to further test their support. The respondents were strongly committed to species conservation in principle (89% agree), including the need to limit industrial development (80% agree). There was less support for limiting private property rights (63% agree), and more uncertainty when scenarios suggested potential loss of property rights and industry-based jobs. This highlights the high level of public concern regarding the economic impacts of preventing extinctions, and the need for more programs to encourage voluntary stewardship of endangered species on private land. Opinion polls that measure public support for conservation without acknowledging the concessions required may result in overly optimistic estimates of the level of support. Most Canadians in our sample supported endangered species conservation even when the necessity of limiting human activities was explicitly stated. M3 - doi: 10.1139/facets-2016-0054 UR - https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2016-0054 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER - TY - BOOK AU - Agresti, A TI - Categorical data analysis Y1 - 2002 SP - 734 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived? 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