Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between service effectiveness of the Nature Centers of Forest Bauru of Executive Yuan in Taiwan (Nature Centers) and sustainability of environmental education and forest policy implications. The (n = 1520) participants were selected through purposive and quota sampling, and the questionnaires were divided into four categories: Potential target customer groups, potential operators, the public, and website users from 1 July to 31 August 2017. Canonical correlation analyses were used to explore the relationship between two variables. The study results revealed the significant relationships between service effectiveness and forest policy implications, and two canonical factors were extracted. The first pair of canonical correlation analyses reveals that higher overall service effectiveness is more likely to catch the attentions of participants with the overall forest policy implications. The second canonical correlation analysis suggests that forest policy implications factors of protected coast forest, exotic species, green economy, forest resource management, and wood self-sufficiency ratio were positively associated with service effectiveness for natural resources and negatively associated with those of teaching quality. The implication for further research and practical applications in terms of cultural and creative research is suggested.
Highlights
Since the United Nations (UN)Commission on Sustainable Development, environmental education and forest sustainability have begun to be valued [1,2]
The scale of forest policy implications was analyzed using factor analysis run over the sixteen items: Sustainability of environmental education, wood self-sufficiency ratio, ecotourism, biodiversity, forest culture, coexistence and co-prosperity, friendly environment, forest monitoring, community interaction, the aboriginal culture, green economy, soil and water conservation, forest land management, forest resource management, protected coast forest, and exotic species
The results show that two pairs of canonical correlation variates are significant in the relationship between service effectiveness and forest policy implications
Summary
Since the United Nations (UN)Commission on Sustainable Development, environmental education and forest sustainability have begun to be valued [1,2]. The governments promote the public’s environmental awareness under the global initiative of environmental education [3,4]. The Nature Centers of Forest Bauru of Executive Yuan in Taiwan (Nature Centers) have a duty to promote sustainable forest policy, and to comply with the concepts of service management to ensure their effective operation in order to develop sustainability of environmental education and the forest industry. According to the management of outdoor recreation [9], service effectiveness should define service capability as environmental characteristics, service approach as educational methodology, and service efficiency as operational and management process in the Nature Centers
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