What determines the success and failure of environmental crowdfunding?

ABSTRACT: Online crowdfunding can help address the perennial financial shortfalls in environmental conservation and management. Although many online crowdfunding campaigns fail to collect any funds due to not achieving their targets, little is known about what drives success. To address this knowledge gap, we applied a mixed-methods approach to data from 473 successful and failed campaigns hosted on the online crowdfunding platform Readyfor. We found that fundraising performance varied by topic, with campaigns on pet animal management outperforming those focussed on landscape management and sustainable use. We also found that marketing strategies associated with online findability and increased reach through social networks, increased fundraising success. However, the existence of other environmenta

SUBMITTER: Kubo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature