Stacey Mac Donald

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies | KITLV

Considering the growing need to protect nature and acknowledging has intrinsic desires to do so what happens when social, community based motives are seen to align with pro-environmental behavior? Specifically, the hypothesis addressed in this study is that individuals engaged in actions to protect the natural environment at least partly to improve...

Considering the growing need to protect nature and acknowledging that not everyone has intrinsic desires to do so, what happens when social, community-based motives are seen to align with pro-environmental behavior? Specifically, the hypothesis addressed in this study is that individuals engage in actions to protect the natural environment at least...

Wat is Bonairiaans erfgoed.

Fishing is one of the oldest professions in the Dutch Caribbean. Many families have made a living from the fisheries sector, passing on the tradition to their children. Over the years, however, the number of professional fishermen has declined due to various reasons. It has become increasingly difficult to make a decent living from fishing: global...

That is the research question that, Stacey Mac Donald, a Ph.D. researcher from The Netherlands, is seeking to answer through the use of anthropological and social psychological research insights. Mac Donald also tackles a number of other questions within the fields of nature conservation and, preservation of cultural heritage on the islands of Bona...

Goal of the research: To study BES residents’ motivation to actively protect the local environment and cultural heritage, using insights and methods derived from social psychology. And in this way contribute to a better understanding of the process that leads BES residents to protect nature and cultural heritage.