Current Societal Views about Sustainable Wildlife Management and Conservation: A Survey of College Students in China.

ABSTRACT: Wildlife conservation and management has become a very complex public policy issue in China as concerns over on animal welfare and empathy for animals have grown. Science-based conservation strategies that are oriented toward sustainable wildlife management (SWM) are under threat as these new attitudes and values emerge and take hold. This study accesses the attitudes of college students towards SWM and wildlife conservation, and investigates demographic characteristics influencing their attitudes in China, a country that is traditionally associated with consumptive use of wildlife and SWM, but where new ideas about wildlife conservation are emerging. From October 2018 to April 2019, nine universities (including "Double First-Class" universities, first-tier universities, second-tier univer

SUBMITTER: Miao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599632 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature