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Map of the study site, Amami Oshima Island. * It is generally called Amami Oshima Island including Kakeroma Island because of the same administrative division. In our study, Kakeroma Island was also regarded as a part of Amami Oshima Island
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Feral cat management needs cooperation, including financial support, from a variety of stakeholders. We used a payment card approach to investigate the willingness of tourists to donate to non-lethal feral cat management at a potential natural World Heritage site on Amami Oshima Island in Japan. We found that more than 80% of tourists intended to d...
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... For instance, perceived risk, awareness of the problem, and visit motivation were significant in predicting WTP values of lake users in Minnesota, where on average visitors were WTP US$10/day . Tourists at the Oshima Island World Heritage Site, in Japan, reported high levels of willingness to pay (WTP) to support non-lethal feral cat management on the island (Mameno and Kubo, 2021). For instance, 87% of tourists were willing to donate money for management at an average of ± US$12 per person, although this value was higher for people who were more aware of INNS impacts. ...
... For instance, perceived risk, awareness of the problem, and visit motivation were significant in predicting WTP values of lake users in Minnesota, where on average visitors were WTP USD 10 per day (Levers and Pradhananga, 2021). Tourists at the Oshima Island World Heritage Site, in Japan, reported high levels of willingness to pay (WTP) to support non-lethal feral cat management on the island (Mameno and Kubo, 2021). For instance, 87% of tourists were willing to donate money for management at an average of ± USD 12 per person, although this value was higher for people who were more aware of INNS impacts. ...
... We assumed a non-correlation with preferences for each goal because most respondents were unaware of the biological relationship between cat faeces and zoonotic disease (e.g., Andiappan et al. 2014). Based on insights from previous studies and the existing methods of cat management strategies in Japan (Mameno et al. 2017, Mameno & Kubo 2021), we assumed the use of non-lethal options for cat removal in our BWS scenario. ...
Message framing contributes to an increase in public support for invasive species management. However, little is known about people's preferences for the multiple objectives of management within different contexts relating to the challenges and benefits of invasive species management. We examine Japanese citizens' preferences for the goals of free-roaming unowned cat (Felis catus) management in three contextual frames by applying experimentally controlled information and the best-worst scaling technique. Our results indicate that the ecological frame highlighting the ecological impacts of free-roaming unowned cats on native ecosystems significantly increases Japanese citizens' concern about cat predation, although the frame did not change the preference ranking of goals. There are differences in the effects of message framing depending on cat ownership. The best-worst scaling technique shows that Japanese citizens prefer to maintain a sanitary environment, followed by the prevention of zoonotic diseases. Although the ranking of sanitary environmental management does not depend on cat ownership, the ranking of the other goals differs depending on cat ownership. The findings highlight the importance of strategic message framing and its prioritization in encouraging public support for invasive species management.
Aquatic invasive plants (AIP) can have major ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Effective management is therefore essential. Because many biological invasions occur in places used for outdoor recreation, recreational user engagement is widely advocated. However, few studies have been conducted on recreational user engagement in biological control, and those that exist have placed surprisingly little emphasis on several predictors used in the field of outdoor studies. This study explored the factors influencing recreational users' willingness to participate in the control of AIP at a freshwater lake in south-western France. Five actions were proposed (i.e. changing the way one uses the lake, informing others about the plants, being part of a manual removal collective, sending information to a participative citizen observatory, giving money). In a first step, I demonstrated that the proportion of the individuals' responses on the five willingness to engage is statistically different. In a second step, I estimated binomial regressions to model willingness to participate in the various management actions. Predictors drawn from the invasion sciences and outdoor research studies were included. Recreational factors were highly significant in predicting willingness to participate. Good knowledge of the invasive plants and participation in water-based activities were also strong positive incentives to participate. The influences of perceived impacts (both positive and negative) and education were ambivalent. The study confirms that not all forms of participation in the control of biological invasion are considered of equal value. To increase the scale of community-based management, it is therefore important to define precisely what is being asked of the recreational user.
