ABSTRACT

This paper reports on the findings of a systematic and rigorous scoping review of all relevant peer-reviewed literature published up until April 2020 focused on young people’s understandings and attitudes towards marine debris. The review of relevant literature reveals there are only limited peer-reviewed studies that engage with the issues of marine pollution from a child’s or young person’s perspective (n = 20). Findings show that the studies were diverse in aim and scope but generally clustered around three main themes: children and young people’s understandings and attitudes towards marine debris; their environmental awareness and knowledge following conservation activities and interventions; and finally behaviour change patterns reported following such interventions. It is our contention that further research addressing the long-term effects of marine debris environmental education programs developed by young people for young people will be of significant contribution to this scarce literature and field of inquiry.

摘要

本文报告了对截至 2020 年 4 月发表的所有相关同行评审文献进行的系统和严格的范围界定审查的结果，重点关注年轻人对海洋垃圾的理解和态度。对相关文献的回顾表明，只有有限的同行评审研究从儿童或年轻人的角度来探讨海洋污染问题（n= 20）。调查结果表明，这些研究的目标和范围各不相同，但通常围绕三个主题：儿童和年轻人对海洋垃圾的理解和态度；他们在保护活动和干预之后的环境意识和知识；最后报告了此类干预后的行为改变模式。这是我们的论点是进一步研究解决开发海洋垃圾的环境教育项目的长期影响的年轻人为年轻人会来调查这一稀缺的文学和现场显著的贡献。