Cinner JE, Barnes ML, Gurney GG, Lockie S, Rojas C. Markets and the crowding out of conservation-relevant behavior.
Conserv Biol 2021;
35:816-823. [PMID:
32779761 PMCID:
PMC8247338 DOI:
10.1111/cobi.13606]
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Abstract
Markets are increasingly being incorporated into many aspects of daily life and are becoming an important part of the conservation solution space. Although market-based solutions to environmental problems can result in improvements to conservation, a body of social science research highlights how markets may also have unforeseen consequences by crowding out or displacing 3 key types of behaviors potentially relevant to conservation, including people's willingness to engage in collective action and civic duty; tolerance for inflicting harm on others (third-party externalities); and desire for equity. Better understanding of the contexts and mechanisms through which this crowding out occurs and whether specific market-based instruments are more prone to different types of crowding out will be crucial to developing novel conservation initiatives that can reduce or prevent crowding out.
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