Transforming Children's Live Experiences with Species into Conservation Willingness: The Mediating Roles of Biodiversity Knowledge and Affective Attitudes

<p style="text-align: justify;">The loss of direct experiences with nature among today's children is concern as it affects their conservation willingness (CW). While little known about the influence live on CW, much less how these events are related. This study aimed to examine serial mediating effects biodiversity knowledge (BK) and affective attitudes (AA) relationship between species CW. An online questionnaire was administered 429 school (11-12 years) in Maldives. A two-serial mediation analysis revealed that exerted significant negative positive indirect Thus, although a predictive sequential pathway from BK AA CW confirmed, partial involving other mediators or moderators likely. The suggest experiential learning stimulates necessary achieve overall impacts Therefore, educators policymakers critical providing first-hand instill traits children, enabling successful education for sustainable development long-term conservation.</p>