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What Works in Conservation 2021

 | 
William Junior Sutherland
, 
Lynn V. Dicks
, 
Silviu O. Petrovan
, 
et al.

14. Marine and freshwater mammal conservation

14.13 Education and awareness raising

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Likely to be beneficial

Educate the public to improve behaviour towards marine and freshwater mammals

1Three studies evaluated the effects of educating the public to improve behaviour towards marine and freshwater mammals. One study was in each of the North Atlantic Ocean (USA), the Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh) and the South Pacific Ocean (Peru).

2COMMUNITY RESPONSE (0 STUDIES)

3POPULATION RESPONSE (0 STUDIES)

4BEHAVIOUR (3 STUDIES)

5Change in human behaviour (3 studies): Three before-and-after studies in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Sundarbans mangroves and the South Pacific Ocean found that after educational whale-watching tours or an educational exhibition, participants were more willing to change their behaviour to support marine conservation, to donate money to marine conservation, or to cut their fishing nets to save entangled dolphins.

6Assessment: likely to be beneficial (effectiveness 60 %; certainty 40 %; harms 0 %).

https://www.conservationevidence.com/​actions/​2935

Unknown effectiveness

Engage policymakers to make policy changes beneficial to marine and freshwater mammals

7One study evaluated the effects of engaging policymakers to make changes beneficial to marine and freshwater mammals. The study was in the Catazajá wetlands (Mexico).

8COMMUNITY RESPONSE (0 STUDIES)

9POPULATION RESPONSE (0 STUDIES)

10BEHAVIOUR (1 STUDY)

11Change in human behaviour (1 study): One study in the Catazajá wetlands reported that engaging policymakers resulted in the designation of a protected area for West Indian manatees.

12Assessment: unknown effectiveness (effectiveness 75 %; certainty 25 %; harms 0 %).

https://www.conservationevidence.com/​actions/​2934

No evidence found (no assessment)

13We have captured no evidence for the following interventions:

14• Involve local communities in marine and freshwater mammal conservation projects.

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