بررسی نگرش‌های محیط‌ زیستی بر حفاظت از یوزآسیایی در ایران

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 گروه اقتصاد کشاورزی، دانشکدة مهندسی زراعی، دانشگاه علوم کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی ساری، مازندران، ایران.

2 گروه تنوع زیستی و ایمنی زیستی، پژوهشکدة محیط‌زیست و ‏توسعة پایدار، سازمان حفاظت محیط زیست، تهران، ایران.

10.22059/jne.2023.360970.2566

چکیده

جهان امروز با وضعیت اضطراری محیط ­زیستی مواجه شده است و علی­رغم اینکه نگرانی ­های محیط ­زیستی در چند دهة اخیر افزایش یافته، اما اقدامات محیط­ زیستی صورت نگرفته است. بسیاری بر این باورند که راه­ حل بحران ­های محیط ­زیستی باید در تغییر رفتار، نگرش و روش زندگی انسان جستجو شود. نگرش ­های جامعة انسانی نسبت به گوشتخواران بر ترویج همزیستی انسان و گوشتخواران و همچنین تلاش ­های حفاظتی تأثیر می­ گذارد. از این ­رو، این مطالعه به بررسی نگرش محیط ­زیستی افراد جامعه در حفاظت از یوز آسیایی می­پردازد. تعداد پرسشنامه­های مورد نیاز با استفاده از فرمول کوکران تعیین گردید و اطلاعات و داده ­های مورد نیاز از طریق تکمیل 564 پرسشنامه از خانوارهای 31 استان کشور در زمستان 1399 جمع ­آوری شد. نتایج با بکارگیری معادلات ساختاری تجزیه و تحلیل شد. نتایج به­ دست ­آمده نشان داد که متغیرهای بوم ­شناسی و اقتصادی بر نگرش محیط ­زیستی افراد برای حفاظت از یوز آسیایی تأثیر دارد. عدم معنی­داری و تأثیرگذاری متغیر آموزشی بر نگرش محیط­زیستی افراد برای حفاظت از یوز آسیایی نشان­ داد که اطلاعات افراد جامعه در مورد گزاره ­های مطرح ­شده ناکافی بوده است. بنابراین، بالابردن سطح آگاهی افراد جامعه، به ­خصوص جوامع محلی در مجاورت زیستگاه­های یوز آسیایی لازم بوده و از اهمیت زیادی برخوردار می­ باشد. استفاده از ظرفیت‌ها و قابلیت‌های رسانه‌های ارتباط جمعی به‌منظور ترویج فرهنگ محیط ­زیست جهت حفاظت از زیستگاه‌های یوز می ­تواند مفید باشد. همچنین، خصوصیات زیستگاهی جانوری و محل زندگی گونة یوز آسیایی در کتاب­ های درسی کلیة استان­ ها به‌دلیل اهمیت و جایگاه ارزش میراثی و وجودی یوز آسیایی تدوین گردد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Investigation of environmental attitudes on the protection of Asiatic cheetah in Iran

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mahsa Taslimi 1
  • Hamid Amirnejad 1
  • Bagher Nezami Balouchi 2
  • Kamal Ataie Solout 1

1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.

2 Department of Environment, Faculty of Wildlife Ecology & Management, Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, Tehran

چکیده [English]

Today, the world is faced with an environmental emergency, and despite the fact that environmental concerns have increased in the last few decades, no environmental actions have been taken. Many believe that the solution to environmental crises should be sought in changing human behavior, attitude and way of life. Wildlife attitudes (whether positive or negative towards carnivores) affect the promotion of coexistence between humans and carnivores as well as conservation efforts. Therefore, this study examines the environmental attitude of the community in protecting the Asiatic Cheetah. The number of required questionnaires was determined using Cochran's formula and the required information and data were collected by completing 564 questionnaires from households in 31 provinces of the country in the winter of 2021. The results were analyzed using structural equations. The obtained results showed that ecological and economic variables have an effect on the environmental attitude of people to protect the Asiatic Cheetah. The non-significance and influence of the educational variable on people's environmental attitude towards the protection of the Asiatic Cheetah showed that the information of the people in the society about the proposed propositions was insufficient. Therefore, raising the level of awareness among people in the society, especially local communities in the vicinity of Asiatic Cheetah habitats, is necessary and very important. It can be useful to use the capacities and capabilities of media in order to promote environmental culture in order to protect the habitats of Cheetahs. Also, the characteristics of the animal habitat and the habitat of the Asiatic Cheetah species should be compiled in the textbooks of all provinces due to the importance and place of the Asian cheetah's heritage and existential value.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Ecological
  • Economic
  • Educational
  • Endangered species
  • Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
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