To engage volunteers in conservation programs, it is important to first understand the motives and values that drive people to participate.
Dr Claudia Benham has contributed to a Human Dimensions of Wildlife paper led by Edith Shum, who completed her Masters with Dr Benham at James Cook University, Townsville, that explores this question. Along with co-authors Karina Jones and Ellen Ariel, they outline a novel framework for understanding exactly why people volunteer for conservation programs, with a specific focus on volunteers in turtle conservation programs in Queensland.
Read the paper here.
Images: Turtle Health Research (THR)
