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  • Celebrity endorsements are increasingly used in environmental conservation interventions.
  • Existing guidelines for behavioral interventions lack specific strategies for celebrity engagement.
  • There is a need for structured guidance on integrating celebrity endorsements effectively into conservation initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a comprehensive guide for decision-making in celebrity-endorsed behavioral interventions for conservation.
  • To address the limited guidance available for designing and implementing such interventions.
  • To provide a framework for leveraging celebrity influence in environmental behavior change.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review integrating behavioral science, project design, and celebrity endorsement research.
  • Development of a step-by-step guide for intervention design.
  • Application of the guide to a case study focused on reducing wild meat consumption in Vietnam.

Main Results:

  • The developed guide outlines key steps: understanding the behavior, selecting celebrities, creating endorsement strategies, testing, and evaluation.
  • A case study in Ho Chi Minh City demonstrated the guide's utility in designing a wild meat consumption reduction intervention.
  • Evidence-based decision-making was found to significantly improve understanding of intervention complexity and costs.

Conclusions:

  • The devised guide provides a structured approach to designing effective celebrity-endorsed conservation interventions.
  • Implementing this guide enhances the understanding of complexities and potential costs associated with celebrity endorsements.
  • This framework supports more strategic and potentially impactful conservation behavior change initiatives.