Why Do Muslim Youths Participate in Environmental Volunteering?

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-238
Author(s):  
Norshariani Abd Rahman ◽  
Alya Nasuha Abdul Rahman ◽  
Sharifah Intan Sharina Syed-Abdullah ◽  
Lilia Halim ◽  
Sharifah Zarina Syed Zakaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environmental Volunteering ◽  
Values Orientation

Abstract Understanding youth environmental volunteering participation is a crucial strategy for building a citizenry that can contribute to environmental conservation efforts. Thus, this research investigated the environmental volunteering values orientation held by Malay Muslim youths in Malaysia that motivated them to engage in environmental volunteering programmes. This study started with semi-structured interviews which were then followed by a survey. The interviews were conducted with 10 participants who are environmental volunteers. Based on the interview findings, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 267 Malay Muslim environmental volunteers. The results revealed there are four values highly held by the Malay Muslim environmental volunteers that motivated them to participate in environmental volunteering, namely religious, biospheric, altruistic, and egoistic values, in that order. For this reason, there is a need to integrate religious values in environmental volunteering program to encourage communities to jointly engage in environmental conservation efforts.

scholarly journals Sea turtles support sustainable livelihoods at Ostional, Costa Rica

Oryx ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mallika Sardeshpande ◽  
Douglas MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Olive Ridley ◽  
Nesting Site

AbstractOstional in Costa Rica is the second largest nesting site of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea, which is categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In Ostional the local community helps maintain the nesting site and collects olive ridley eggs for consumption and trade within Costa Rica. Since its inception in 1987 the egg harvesting project has integrated sea turtle conservation with community development. We assessed the current status of this project in terms of community awareness, dependency, involvement and perceptions, using a household survey and semi-structured interviews with key informants. We also compared some of our findings with those of previous studies at the site, finding that the project has fewer dependents, primary livelihood activities have shifted towards tourism and hospitality, and respondents are more aware about environmental conservation and stewardship. We map outcomes of the project with the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, and suggest that further capacity building for research and tourism could contribute towards sustaining the turtle population, local livelihoods, and the community-based conservation institution.

Welfare governmentalities: pastoralism and parties’ youth wings in Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (13/14) ◽  
pp. 808-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Zavala Pelayo
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Other World ◽  
Governmentality Studies ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Purpose From a micro-macro perspective, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the welfare-related criteria reported by the heads of political parties’ youth wings in Mexico, the implicit and explicit religious beliefs that inform some of those criteria and the (Foucauldian) pastoral genealogy of both the criteria and beliefs. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with a group of 32 heads of three political parties’ youth wings in Mexico. The interpretation of the data builds on a previous genealogical analysis of Foucauldian pastoralism in colonial Mexico. Findings The respondents’ criteria on a state that should aim at procuring “material-spiritual” and “material-transcendental” types of well-being and politics as “help,” are partly informed by religious values. Such criteria and religious values have been partly constructed out of a pastoralism which was deployed during the Spanish colonial regime and included “temporal” and “spiritual” teleologies of government and the practice of charity as (self-)governmental technique. Originality/value The literature on welfare/social policies of Latin American countries like Mexico tends not to problematize issues of secularity other than the religions’ undesirable intrusions in the political field. Governmentality studies also tend to bypass Foucault’s discussion of pastoralism. An empirical study of the pastoral genealogy of contemporary political rationalities in a constitutionally secular country such as Mexico can prompt further research on the gaps above and comparative analyses of pastoral and welfare governmentalities across Latin American and other world regions.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF BLUE DOCUMENTARY ON VIEWERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGE TOWARD MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-402
Author(s):  
Nurul Hidayah Mat ◽  
Roswati Abdul Rashid ◽  
Che Hasniza Che Noh ◽  
Moza Abdullah Said Al-Rawahi
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Marine Life ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Media ◽  
Attitudinal Changes

Background and Purpose: This study’s aim was to examine the persuasive effects of a blue documentary (BD), representing marine life extinction on viewers’ perceptions and their attitudinal change toward conservation.   Methodology: This study selected 36 participants using purposive sampling technique, according to the characteristics of their location and age categories. A total of 72 semi-structured interviews were conducted in two stages – the pre- and post-viewing of the documentary. A documentary program of Lestari Ujana Marin (LUM) was the media text used in gathering the necessary data. The data were then perused qualitatively through the employment of thematic analysis.   Findings: The findings suggest that the participants’ perceptions and attitudinal changes were more positive toward marine life conservation after being exposed to the documentary. The attitudinal changes have been sustainable and exhibited through the participants’ real actions in supporting marine life conservation.   Contributions: This study paves the way for collaboration between experts in different fields, such as filmmakers, oceanologists, and non-governmental organizations, who are fundamentally concerned in disseminating knowledge about environmental conservation for the benefits of future generations.   Keywords: Media, blue documentary, persuasion, pro-conservation, marine life, young generation.   Cite as: Mat, N. H., Rashid, R. A., Che Noh, C. H., & Said Al-Rawahi, M. A. (2021). The effects of blue documentaries on viewers’ perceptions and attitudinal change toward marine life conservation. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(2), 379-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss2pp379-402

scholarly journals Institutional Development for Good Governance: the role of intermediary NGOs in Pará state, Amazonia

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 793-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria de Albuquerque Vasconcellos ◽  
Mário Vasconcellos Sobrinho
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Family Based

The paper analyses the roles of intermediary NGOs for linkages between government and rural communities in carrying out socio-environmental development programs as a mean of institutional development for good governance. In particular, the paper focuses on the Proambiente program that was carried out in Pará State, Amazonia, Brazil. This program was the first experience of a socio-environmental development program in Brazilian Amazonia that took into account local communities' demands to link environmental conservation and small-scale family-based rural production. Methodologically, the research was based on qualitative analysis and used semi-structured interviews for data collection. The paper shows that NGOs as intermediaries between government and rural communities is a significant mechanism to promote the strengthening of the power of local communities, to create bridges between federal government and local communities; and to stimulate participatory processes by engaging rural communities' culture and knowledge in socio-environmental development program as Proambiente.

scholarly journals Interest of inhabitants of Sisal, Yucatán on the community development as a tourist centre through the use and management of its cultural and natural heritage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Local People ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
People’S Attitudes

This thesis analyzes the current dynamics and the phenomenon of the tourism in Sisal, a coastal area where there are natural and cultural attractions with great tourism potential. These sites maintain the beauty of the landscape and provide for the cultural identity of the local people. We could identify the factors included in the evaluation of tourism potential of a Yucatan Peninsula’s coastal community and its proposals that can provide a framework for the creation of tourism activities, promote environmental conservation and improve the quality of life of local people. Sisal was the main commercial port of the Peninsula until the XIX century’s last third and now there are resources with tourism potential on it, that we analyzed from the human ecology perspective, considering the relationship between society-nature. Nowadays the settlement has 1672 inhabitants and their main economic activities are artisanal fisheries and beach tourism. The fieldwork was conducted in May, and from October to December 2010, using a qualitative approach, with techniques such as participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The results allowed identify the use and handling that people makes to its own tourism resources, the interest that people have in the diversification of tourism activities through the site’s tourism potential assessment, emphasizing the combination of natural and cultural attractions of the study area. Also, in a first encounter with the inhabitants of the community we found that they are interested in the protection and management of their own natural and cultural heritage. The opinions of the participants permitted identify the tourism resources of the population such as sinkholes, springs, historical buildings and archaeological sites; analyze their potential attraction, their inclusion in tourism activities as alternatives, and the people’s attitudes towards tourism. An appropriate tourism resources management, with a local people active participation, would play an important role in the conservation of these goods and in the promotion of the place. We remarked the importance of involving local people in the planning of tourism development of the port. The diversity of attractions and its relationship with management, would allow include communities in the processes of tourism activities development.

scholarly journals Applied Education of Spiritual Health in Iranian Medical Sciences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Z Nahardani
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Applied Education

Introduction: Spiritual health in medical education literature is considered as an intrinsic and essential element of a culture-centered concept which exclusively occurs in every society. Applying spiritual health in the education and health systems is subject to proper training in this area. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explain the factors affecting the applied education of spiritual health in Iranian medical sciences. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using the inductive content analysis method. Data were collected through in-person and semi-structured interviews with 23 medical professionals (general medicine, clinical sciences, and basic sciences) and analyzed using Lundman and Granheim's suggested steps. Result: Five themes emerged from data analysis. Topics include "Effective Teaching", "consideration of the philosophy of education","effective communication","attention of religious values", "integrated education "and" curriculum revision". Conclusion: to the findings of this study, it is necessary to conduct multiple educational interventions from university policy levels to practical applied education spiritual health. In order to apply spiritual health education in medical sciences, formal education based on the nature of inter-disciplinary disciplines should be designed and developed into a professional and systematic discipline according to the country's religious values and cultural and social variables.

Use of local ecological knowledge in the management of algal blooms

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS A. SCHLACHER ◽  
STEWART LLOYD ◽  
AARON WIEGAND
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Local Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Wind Regimes

SUMMARYMore frequent and severe algal blooms are symptomatic of increasing ecosystem stress in coastal waters. Economic losses typically follow and local governments are forced to ‘manage’ this issue. Because many blooms are not monitored, local ecological knowledge (LEK) and oral history are the only practical tools to obtain data on bloom characteristics and identify their drivers. LEK was applied to outbreaks of brown algae on popular tourist beaches in south-east Queensland (Australia). Structured interviews with local citizens who had a close and frequent connection with the ocean provided 541 bloom records, which showed that blooms are regional (≥400 km) rather than local, and that they are a historical (≥40 years) rather than a recent phenomenon. LEK frequently cited that particular wind regimes coincided with the arrival of blooms, but this could not be verified by statistical cross-validation with empirical data. Harnessing LEK was valuable in engaging citizens, in generating testable hypotheses about plume causes, in providing a previously unrecognized historical perspective and in identifying the correct spatial scale of the issue. Multi-pronged approaches will be most effective in addressing blooms where local mitigation actions are combined with broader regional coastal environmental conservation efforts.

scholarly journals YERBA MATE LANDSCAPES: FOREST USE AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION*

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANÉSIO DA CUNHA MARQUES ◽  
MAURÍCIO SEDREZ DOS REIS ◽  
VALDIR FRIGO DENARDIN
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Ilex Paraguariensis ◽  
Yerba Mate ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Plateau Region ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
Landscape Units

Abstract The Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) is a native arboreal species of forest formations that include the Araucaria Forest and is of considerable socio-economic importance in much of Brazil’s southern region. This paper aims to study the different landscapes of the native Yerba Mate systems (NYMS) in the main producing region of native Yerba Mate in the northern plateau region of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Planalto Norte Catarinense - PNC) and their relationship to socio-environmental conservation in the context of family farming. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with family farmers and NYMS were evaluated following a specific route. Thirteen types of NYMS Landscape Units were identified as a diagnostic basis for the sustainable management of NYMS and forests. It proved possible to conclude that the Yerba Mate extraction activity is of great importance to socio-environmental conservation in the PNC.

scholarly journals The influence of sunni islamic values on rehabilitation as judicial decision for minor drug users in Indonesian court

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Cecep Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Drug Offenders ◽  
Legal Understanding ◽  
Islamic Values

This article illustrates how recent research uses qualitative semi- structured interviews to understand judicial perceptions when convicting minor drug offenders. To develop an understanding of what the judges were trying to achieve when convicting drug offenders, I interviewed 31 judges. This article contributes to the sociol-legal understanding of the context in which problem- solving and justice influenced by Islamic religious values work in harmony. Indonesian judges use Islamic values to support rehabilitation. This supportive approach opens the door to the influence of Sunni Islamic values as one of the legitimating values when deciding.

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