Results from the Questionnaire

Question 1

QUESTION	1 Cause	2 Causes	3 Causes	4 Causes	5 Causes
Q1 – list causes of climate change	89%	74%	54%	32%	19%

This table shows that over half of the people responding to the questionnaire were aware of at least three causes of climate change.

Question 2

QUESTION	1 Consequence	2 Consequences	3 Consequences	4 Consequences	5 Consequences
Q1 – list consequences of climate change	82%	65%	41%	24%	9%

Question 3

56% of respondents could list five endangered species in Kazakhstan.

Question 4

78% thought that declining biodiversity was a problem.

Questions 5 and 6

Q5 – Causes	Order of Frequency Identified	Q6 - Consequences	Order of Frequency Identified
Global Warming		Food shortages
Intensive Farming		Loss of potential medicines
Industrial Pollution		Extinction of species
Invasive Species		Natural disasters
Overconsumption		Loss of traditional ways of life
Loss of habitats		Loss of jobs
Urbanisation		Increased global warming
Population Growth		Ecosystem damage
Other		Other

Question 7

75% of respondents said that not enough was being done to protect biodiversity.

Question 8

Action	Percentage prepared to take this type of action
Gender	Male	Female
Eat organic food	12%	18%
Become a vegetarian	24%	31%
Buy local goods and services	68%	72%
Use public transport	23%	39%
Give money to an environmental charity	72%	68%
Recycle metals, paper and plastics	52%	70%
Use less packaging	34%	48%
Create a wildlife garden	42%	65%
Plant a tree	51%	80%
Buy from companies that value the environment	63%	70%
Other	11%	14%

Question 9

Reasons and Barriers Identified	Percentage of respondents identifying
Lack of awareness about the issue of declining biodiversity in general	67%
Lack of education and guidance about what to do at a personal level	79%
Feeling that the contribution of one person is too small to make a difference	22%
Lack of availability of environmentally friendly goods and services	38%
Fear of being seen as strange or different by other people	16%
The expense or cost of environmentally friendly goods and services	63%
Businesses look after their own interests first	33%
Feeling isolated from people who share their values about the environment	29%
Other	15%

Question 10

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