Abstract

Peatland conservation is an emerging issue considering the number of ecosystem services these ecosystems provide at the global as well as the local level. Here, we examine how people in Finland value peatlands and how these values are associated with their attitudes toward the ecosystem services that peatlands provide, conservation policy, and their behavioral intention to contribute to conservation. To this end, we use the cognitive hierarchy and employ a protection–use orientation approach. We conclude with four classes of orientation, i.e. conservationists, utilitarians, pluralists, and distanced. The mean values of attitudes and behavioral intentions to a large extent differ significantly across the value orientation classes. The cognitive hierarchy and the notion of value orientations provide a more profound angle of the underlying reasons for people’s views regarding conservation. The findings are context specific but have broader relevance considering the significant role of peatlands in regulating the global climate.

摘要

考虑到这些生态系统在全球以及地方层面提供的生态系统服务的数量，泥炭地保护是一个新兴的问题。在这里，我们研究了芬兰人如何评价泥炭地，以及这些价值与他们对泥炭地提供的生态系统服务的态度，保护政策以及他们为保护做出贡献的行为意图之间的关系。为此，我们使用认知层次结构，并采用了保护－使用导向方法。我们以取向的四个类别结束，即保守主义者，功利主义者，多元化主义者和距离主义者。态度和行为意图的平均值在整个价值取向类中差异很大。认知等级制度和价值取向的概念为人们关于保护的观点的根本原因提供了更为深刻的视角。这些发现是因地制宜的，但考虑到泥炭地在调节全球气候中的重要作用，具有更广泛的相关性。