Using Behaviour Change Frameworks and Bayesian Network Modelling to Support Marine Biosecurity Practices: A New South Wales Waterways Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Aquatic environments are at risk of pest and disease incursions that impact livelihood and food security. Globally, recreational boats may disseminate pests and diseases from larger to smaller waterways, and their movements and biosecurity practices are less regulated than commercial boats. This project contributes to the global evidence about interventions that can support marine environmental behaviour change by capturing the practices and beliefs of owners of small to medium, permanently moored recreational boats on the New South Wales waterways to identify strategies to minimise the risk of pest and disease incursions. A three-phase mixed methods approach was adopted, beginning with stakeholder mapping and followed by key informant interviews. A Behaviour Change Wheel framework was use

SUBMITTER: Manyweathers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12575506 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature