The new environmental paradigm scale: Wildlife and environmental beliefs in British Columbia

摘要: Abstract Societal attitudes toward and values placed on wildlife are in transition. Increasing public environmental group involvement decision making has resulted conflicts with established users of the natural environment. Resolution such may be aided by identification people's beliefs. The article examines new paradigm (NEP) scale, which focuses assesses generic dispositions or primitive It reports application scale to three sample populations a study between fishing interests marine mammal protection British Columbia. Environmentalists general exhibited strong support for NEP ecologically benign world view that it embodies. Commercial fishers, however, displayed rejection all aspects scale. is suggested provides useful referential framework beliefs understand ...