Cultural diversity issues in biodiversity monitoring: cases of Lithuania, Poland and Denmark

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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Cultural diversity issues in biodiversity monitoring: cases of Lithuania, Poland and Denmark
In the Journal:
Diversity. 2010, 2, 9, p. 1130-1145
Summary / Abstract:

ENPublic participation is a key element in nature conservation in Europe and a necessity for collecting broad scale data on biodiversity and its dynamics. However, vast societal differences exist between eastern and western European countries, resulting in problems for public participation in post-communist states as compared to western countries. Here, we compare diversity in monitoring practices and public participation in countries with different political histories. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic studies conducted in Lithuania and Poland, as well as a rapid assessment in Denmark, we have focused on the historical, cultural and social determinants of the volunteers’ participation in biodiversity monitoring. Our results indicate the reasons why volunteer involvement - as an expression of a participatory approach - has a lower incidence in the post-communist countries, compared to voluntarism common in occidental democracies. We discuss our results in the context of the main social factors considered to be a legacy of the Soviet regime.

DOI:
10.3390/d2091130
ISSN:
1424-2818
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