With growing global public awareness of a wide range of conservation and environmental issues, environmental volunteerism is increasing. In order to attract and retain volunteers, it is useful to understand what benefits they hope for as well as the barriers that hinder their participation. Here we examine the benefits from and barriers to participation in 26 conservation and environmental civic organisations in South Africa, categorised by their primary mission as botanical, wildlife or green. Questionnaires were sent to volunteers on the mailing list of each civic organisation (and 66 responses received), supplemented with direct interviews with key staff and five focus group discussions. There were differences in the perception of benefi...
Abstract: It is critical to promote the development and vigorous growth of responsible and on all le...
Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to provide important services that would otherwi...
Citizens worldwide are increasingly volunteering in natural resource management and governments as w...
With growing global public awareness of a wide range of conservation and environmental issues, envir...
Environmental volunteering can benefit participants and nature through improving physical and mental...
Abstract: Community conservation volunteering at game parks has been a much talked about topic in to...
Environmental volunteering, such as biodiversity monitoring and practical conservation volunteering,...
Abstract: The South African current ruling government led by the African National Congress (ANC), ha...
The involvement of communities with wildlife is increasing on a global scale. Participatory approach...
The literature on community participation in development processes has established a high level of c...
Members of the public are involved increasingly in environmental and wildlife monitoring. This has c...
<div><p>Citizen science is a useful approach for conducting scientific research; however, an underst...
Community-based environmental stewardship organizations (or ‘stewardship groups’) provide vital oppo...
The literature on volunteering has increased over the last few years. However, despite the importanc...
This study aims to provide an exploration in to the effect of voluntary help for endangered animals ...
Abstract: It is critical to promote the development and vigorous growth of responsible and on all le...
Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to provide important services that would otherwi...
Citizens worldwide are increasingly volunteering in natural resource management and governments as w...
With growing global public awareness of a wide range of conservation and environmental issues, envir...
Environmental volunteering can benefit participants and nature through improving physical and mental...
Abstract: Community conservation volunteering at game parks has been a much talked about topic in to...
Environmental volunteering, such as biodiversity monitoring and practical conservation volunteering,...
Abstract: The South African current ruling government led by the African National Congress (ANC), ha...
The involvement of communities with wildlife is increasing on a global scale. Participatory approach...
The literature on community participation in development processes has established a high level of c...
Members of the public are involved increasingly in environmental and wildlife monitoring. This has c...
<div><p>Citizen science is a useful approach for conducting scientific research; however, an underst...
Community-based environmental stewardship organizations (or ‘stewardship groups’) provide vital oppo...
The literature on volunteering has increased over the last few years. However, despite the importanc...
This study aims to provide an exploration in to the effect of voluntary help for endangered animals ...
Abstract: It is critical to promote the development and vigorous growth of responsible and on all le...
Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to provide important services that would otherwi...
Citizens worldwide are increasingly volunteering in natural resource management and governments as w...