Using internet search behavior to assess public awareness of protected wetlands

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作者
Do, Yuno [1 ]
Kim, Ji Yoon [1 ]
Lineman, Maurice [1 ]
Kim, Dong-Kyun [2 ]
Joo, Gea-Jae [1 ]
机构
[1] Pusan Natl Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Pusan 609735, South Korea
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys & Environm Sci, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
关键词
internet query index; public interest; quantitative assessment; Ramsar Convention; Ramsar wetland; Convencion Ramsar; evaluacion cuantitativa; indice de consulta en internet; interes publico; humedal Ramsar; TRENDS;
D O I
10.1111/cobi.12419
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X176 [生物多样性保护];
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090705 ;
摘要
Improving public awareness of protected wetlands facilitates sustainable wetland management, which depends on public participation. One way of gauging public interest is by tracking Internet search behavior (ISB). We assessed public awareness of issues related to protected wetland areas (PWAs) in South Korea by examining the frequencies of specific queries (PWAs, Ramsar, Upo wetland, Sunchon Bay, etc.) using relative search volumes (RSVs) obtained from an Internet search engine. RSV shows how many times a search term is used relative to a second search term during a specific period. Public awareness of PWAs changed from 2007 to 2013. Initially the majority of Internet searches were related to the most well-known tidal and inland wetlands Sunchon Bay and Upo wetlands, which are the largest existing wetlands in Korea with the greatest historical exposure. Public awareness, as reflected in RSVs, of wetlands increased significantly following PWA designation for the wetlands in 2008, which followed the Ramsar 10th Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (COP10) meeting. Public interest was strongly correlated to the number of news articles in the popular media, as evidenced by the increase in Internet searches for specific wetlands and words associated with specific wetlands. Correspondingly, the number of visitors to specific wetlands increased. To increase public interest in wetlands, wetland aspects that enhance wetland conservation should be promoted by the government and enhanced via public education. Our approach can be used to gauge public awareness and participation in a wide range of conservation efforts. Uso del Comportamiento de Busqueda en Internet para Evaluar el Conocimiento Publico sobre los Humedales Protegidos Mejorar el conocimiento publico que se tiene de los humedales protegidos facilita el manejo sustentable de los humedales, el cual depende de la participacion publica. Una forma de medir el interes publico es por medio del rastreo del comportamiento de busqueda en internet (CBI). Evaluamos el conocimiento publico sobre temas relacionados con areas de humedales protegidos (AHPs) en Corea del Sur al examinar la frecuencia de consultas especificas (AHPs, Ramsar, humedal Upo, Bahia de Sunchon, etc.) usando volumenes de busqueda relativa (VBR) obtenidos de un buscador en internet. El volumen de busqueda relativa muestra cuantas veces un termino de busqueda es usado en relacion a un segundo termino de busqueda durante un periodo especifico. El conocimiento publico sobre las AHPs cambio de 2007 a 2013. En un inicio, la mayoria de las busquedas en internet estaban relacionadas con el humedal de mareas y el humedal continental mas conocidos, la Bahia de Sunchon y el humedal Upo, los cuales son los humedales mas grandes en Corea y con exposicion historica mas grande. El conocimiento publico sobre humedales, como se reflejo en los VBR, incremento significativamente despues de la designacion como AHP de estos humedales en 2008, suceso que siguio a la reunion de la 10 degrees Conferencia Ramsar de las Partes Contratantes de la Convencion sobre Humedales (COP10). El interes publico estuvo correlacionado fuertemente con el numero de articulos en los medios populares, como se evidencio por el incremento en busquedas en linea para humedales especificos y palabras asociadas con humedales especificos. En correspondencia, el numero de visitantes a los humedales especificos incremento. Para incrementar el interes publico en los humedales, los aspectos de los humedales que realzan la conservacion de los humedales deberian ser promovidos por el gobierno y mejorados por medio de educacion publica. Nuestro enfoque puede usarse para medir el conocimiento publico y la participacion en un rango amplio de esfuerzos de conservacion. Resumen
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