Values, Ethics, and Attitudes Toward National Forest Management: An Empirical Study

Authors: Manning R.; Valliere W.; Minteer B.

Source: Society and Natural Resources, Volume 12, Number 5, 1 July 1999 , pp. 421-436(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This study measures environmental values and ethics and explores their relation ships to attitudes toward national forest management. The principal research methods were literature review and a survey of Vermont residents concerning man agement of the Green Mountain National Forest. Descriptive findings suggest respondents (1) favor nonmaterial values of national forests, (2) subscribe to a diversity of environmental ethics, including anthropocentric and bio-/ecocentric, and (3) support emerging concepts of ecosystem management. Environmental values and ethics explain approximately 60% of the variation in attitudes toward national forest management.

Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL; VALUES; NATIONAL; FORESTS

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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