Finding common ground: Understanding and engaging with science mistrust in the Great barrier reef region.

ABSTRACT: At a time when ambitious environmental management initiatives are required to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, public trust in the science that underpins environmental policy and decision-making is waning. This decline in public trust coincides with a rise in misinformation, and threatens to undermine public support for, and participation in, environmental protection. Our study investigates the prevalence and predictors of mistrust in science associated with the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and its catchments. Using survey data from 1,877 residents of the GBR region, we identify environmental values, perceptions, and attitudes that are associated with science mistrust. Our results include a typology of GBR science trust and scepticism. Science-sceptical

SUBMITTER: Curnock MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329155 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature