Motivational postures and compliance with environmental law in Australian agriculture

Bartel, Robyn; Barclay, Elaine

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.12.004

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“…They suggest that different types of interventions (social appeals, government incentives or regulatory enforcement) may have markedly different effects on different segments, consistent with previous farm extension research about land-manager behaviour change (Llewellyn et al 2005). They also suggest strategies that increase legal compliance behaviour in one segment can have counterproductive effects on other segments, mirroring previous findings by Bartel and Barclay (2011b). These findings indicate significant opportunities to strengthen compliance and to conserve governance resources through precise targeting of interventions.…”

Section: Applying Psychological Methods To a Compliance Problemsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Nevertheless, given the complexities associated with managing landholders with potentially defiant mindsets, such as those who explicitly resist regulations or are motivated to find ways around them (Bartel and Barclay 2011b), further investigation is warranted to enable more precise identification of what mix of messages and positive or negative incentives would be most effective for this segment.…”

Section: Exploitative Segmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using behavioural science to improve Australia’s environmental regulation

Martin

Hine

2017

Rangel. J.

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Abstract. Australia has many environmental regulations intended to alter the behaviour of rural landholders. One key issue relates to managing invasive plants and animals, where effective action requires sustained (and largely voluntary) action and sustained investment. Eliciting high levels of compliance is a difficult problem, because different landholders have widely different attitudes and motivations. What works with one group of people may not work with another, and indeed may be counterproductive.This study demonstrates the use of contemporary psychological methods to identify groups of landholders who demonstrate different attitudes and behaviours in relation to weed control. It shows that identifiable segments do respond differently to different mixes of regulation, incentives and community action. It suggests that some commonly promoted interventions may actually be counterproductive in encouraging desirable action with some groups.The study shows that behavioural precision is important in creating effective compliance strategies in weeds management, and it demonstrates some of the methods that may be used to achieve that precision.

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Section: Applying Psychological Methods To a Compliance Problemsupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: Exploitative Segmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using behavioural science to improve Australia’s environmental regulation

Martin

Hine

2017

Rangel. J.

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“…The attitudes/ beliefs of the public were found to influence the successful implementation or adoption of sustainable practices [31,51,61,62,69,[77][78][79][80][81]. Social resistance to change was also identified as a significant barrier to policy success [31,80,[82][83][84][85][86].…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a study of mining and sustainability in Colombia, for example, Siegel [74], found that geography led to radical regionalisation causing conflict that prevented effective regulation. Unstable or vulnerable environmental conditions were also identified as barriers to success [30,69,78,91]. Mulale et al [91], for example, found that environmental conditions in certain areas of Botswana make agricultural land particularly vulnerable to desertification/degradation.…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An example was identified by Marcoux and Urpelainen [96], who found that corruption in some Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries led to the overuse of agricultural pesticides. In some cases, authors described environmental issues as becoming highly politicised and thus contentious, leading to policy failure [44,46,54,78]. Others argued that changes to existing governance arrangements can be inadequate [36,42,54,77,85,86,99].…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

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Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy Implementation Failure?

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For a generation, governments around the world have been committed to sustainable development as a policy goal. This has been supported by an array of new policies ranging from international agreements, to national strategies, environmental laws at many levels of government, regional programs, and local plans. Despite these efforts, decades of scientific monitoring indicate that the world is no closer to environmental sustainability and in many respects the situation is getting worse. This paper argues that a significant contributing factor to this situation is policy implementation failure. A systematic review of the literature reveals that the failure to achieve the intended outcomes of environmental policies is due to economic, political and communication factors. Conflict between the objectives of environmental policies and those focused on economic development, a lack of incentives to implement environmental policies, and a failure to communicate objectives to key stakeholders are all key factors that contribute to the inability to attain environmental sustainability.

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Researchers and Practitioners: Building Collaboration for Evidence-Based Policy-Making

Bartel¹,

Bricknell²

2016

Environmental Crime and Collaborative State Intervention

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Motivational postures and compliance with environmental law in Australian agriculture

Cited by 55 publications

References 36 publications

Using behavioural science to improve Australia’s environmental regulation

Using behavioural science to improve Australia’s environmental regulation

Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy Implementation Failure?

Researchers and Practitioners: Building Collaboration for Evidence-Based Policy-Making

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