The Relationship Between a Wildlife Conservation Project Involving Scientist-Farmer Collaboration and Farmers' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Conservation Science and the Environment in Switzerland.
- 1University of Lausanne,Switzerland.
Abstract
Considering agriculture's significant contribution to the environmental crisis, farmers play a crucial role in conservation. It is thus important to explore the drivers motivating them towards sustainable practices. Farmer-scientist collaboration is a promising tool to promote pro-environmental practices, yet empirical evidence on the outcomes of such collaborations remains sparse. In this study, we aim to assess the association between a long-term scientist-farmer collaboration and farmers' attitudes and behaviors towards conservation science and the environment. Using three consecutive annual surveys and a longitudinal sample of over 100 farmers, we compared farmers collaborating in a wildlife conservation project with non-collaborators. Collaborators exhibited significant improvement in trust towards conservation science between the first and second survey, while non-collaborators showed gradual improvements. Both groups enhanced their pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors over time. This study underscores the value of collaboration with ecologists in enhancing farmers' attitudes towards conservation science. It also highlights the intricate relationships between attitudes towards conservation science and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.
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BibTeX
@article{milliet2026relationship,
title = {{The Relationship Between a Wildlife Conservation Project Involving Scientist-Farmer Collaboration and Farmers' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Conservation Science and the Environment in Switzerland.}},
author = {Estelle Milliet and Jean-Philippe Antonietti and Alexandre Roulin and Fabrizio Butera},
journal = {Environment and behavior},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1177/00139165261489989},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999731},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The Relationship Between a Wildlife Conservation Project Involving Scientist-Farmer Collaboration and Farmers' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Conservation Science and the Environment in Switzerland.
AU - Estelle Milliet
AU - Jean-Philippe Antonietti
AU - Alexandre Roulin
AU - Fabrizio Butera
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/12
JO - Environment and behavior
DO - 10.1177/00139165261489989
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999731
AB - Considering agriculture's significant contribution to the environmental crisis, farmers play a crucial role in conservation. It is thus important to explore the drivers motivating them towards sustainable practices. Farmer-scientist collaboration is a promising tool to promote pro-environmental practices, yet empirical evidence on the outcomes of such collaborations remains sparse. In this study, we aim to assess the association between a long-term scientist-farmer collaboration and farmers' attitudes and behaviors towards conservation science and the environment. Using three consecutive annual surveys and a longitudinal sample of over 100 farmers, we compared farmers collaborating in a wildlife conservation project with non-collaborators. Collaborators exhibited significant improvement in trust towards conservation science between the first and second survey, while non-collaborators showed gradual improvements. Both groups enhanced their pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors over time. This study underscores the value of collaboration with ecologists in enhancing farmers' attitudes towards conservation science. It also highlights the intricate relationships between attitudes towards conservation science and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.
SN - 0013-9165
SN - 1552-390X
ER -