Public attitudes and opinions as dimensions of efficient management with extensive meadows in Natura 2000 area

Šorgo, Andrej; Špur, Natalija; Škornik, Sonja

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.024

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“…Given this, understanding meanings and values that local individuals or groups have toward a park has become a departing and essential goal for effective park management [14][15][16]. Studies along this vein have examined stakeholders' values ascribed to national parks [17,18] and how these contributed to the formation of attitudes toward park management [19,20]. Furthermore, studies within this literature have dealt with how to resolve conflicts stemming from diverging perspectives of community stakeholders [21].…”

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Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives

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The growing importance of participatory and collaborative approaches in resource management has resulted in an increased emphasis on identifying the complex relationships between natural national parks and neighboring rural communities. Given the limited number of studies dealing with parks beyond rural areas, our exploratory case study examines how conflict stemming from diverse community stakeholders’ perspectives and values in regard to the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park influences their involvement and attitudes toward park management. Thirty-two interviews were conducted and analyzed using a content-analysis methodology. Guided by the Progress Triangle conflict management framework, each stakeholder’s views, interests, and aspirations associated with the missions were organized according to the framework’s three dimensions: Substance, procedure, and relationship. The study findings discussed how stakeholders’ varying perspectives regarding cultural resources influenced their interactions with urban historical national parks and their attitudes toward park management. Furthermore, how stakeholders can reconcile their differences through a collaborative approach for better park management was discussed.

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Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives

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“…Farmers' perceived ability to change behaviour, even when they recognise the value of nature conservation, is very often constrained by economic factors. 18,55 Incentives such as tax rebates and other material support may help to reduce this obstacle to adopting more sustainable farming practices, as indicated by farmers in this study. Lastly, frequent behaviours become more strongly influenced by habit and less determined by intent.…”

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“…11 A common finding, similar to that in this study, is that farmers often have positive attitudes towards the environment but do not act on them because of a perceived inability to change, with economic constraints being a commonly cited factor. 18 Willingness to collaborate was found to be distinct from the other scales and to be uncorrelated with EA, CB and CK. This finding suggests that farmers who had positive attitudes and behaviours were not necessarily willing to collaborate with a variety of agencies and institutions to achieve greater ecological sustainability.…”

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Ostrich farmer characteristics predict conservation opportunity

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Environmental sustainability rests on human choice and action. Understanding these may assist in determining the factors that predict or influence an individual’s behaviour towards the environment. In South Africa, approximately 80% of the most threatened vegetation types are in the hands of the private agricultural community. In the Little Karoo, which is situated in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, unsustainable land-use practices including ostrich flock breeding threaten this region’s lowland biodiversity. We interviewed ostrich farmers in the Oudtshoorn Basin to quantify latent variables thought to represent components of conservation opportunity: environmental attitude, conservation knowledge, conservation behaviour, and willingness to collaborate with agricultural, environmental and conservation organisations. Three groups of land managers were identified: (1) younger land managers (less than 31 years’ farming experience) with bigger farms (≥2050 ha) who had above-average scores for all four indicators, (2) older farmers (≥31 years’ farming experience) who had above-average scores for environmental attitude and conservation knowledge, average scores for environmental attitude, but low willingness to collaborate, and (3) a large group of younger farmers (less than31 years’ farming experience) with smaller properties (less than2050 ha) who had low to average scores for all four indicators. Farmers in the first two groups represent the best opportunities for conservation, although different strategies would have to be employed to engage them given the current low willingness to collaborate among older farmers. Land managers were more willing to collaborate with agricultural than conservation organisations, pointing to a need to involve agricultural organisations in championing more environmentally sustainable ostrich breeding practices. Significance: Achievement of biodiversity conservation targets requires stewardship in production landscapes outside protected areas, which necessitates identification of farmers who present conservation opportunity, i.e. who are willing and able to participate in conservation. Plant biodiversity in the Little Karoo has been severely degraded through ostrich flock breeding, but ostrich farmers consider their practices to be ecologically sustainable. In the Little Karoo, land managers with more years of farming experience, and younger farmers with larger properties, represented the greatest opportunity for interventions to promote more biodiversity-friendly ostrich farming practices.

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“…Recently, increased attention has been given to participatory approaches in planning and managing Natura 2000 sites (e.g., Apostolopoulou, Drakou, & Pediaditi, 2012;Dupont et al, 2016;Secco, Favero, Masiero, & Pettenella, 2017), and to stakeholders' perception of such instruments (e.g., Morris et al, 2014;Šorgo, Špur, & Škornik, 2016). However, many Natura 2000 sites still lack management schemes (Borrass, 2014;Popescu et al, 2014).…”

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Synergies of planning for forests and planning for Natura 2000: Evidences and prospects from northern Italy

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Improvements in the management of Natura 2000 sites are essential to achieve the targets set out by the Habitats and Birds Directives of the European Union. A current focus is on the development of management plans, which are fundamental instruments in the implementation of conservation measures. This study explores the viability of using existing forest plans to assist in this purpose. As case study, we consider the regulatory framework of the Veneto Region, northern Italy. We collected quantitative and qualitative data on forest plans at the regional and at three sub-regional spatial scales: local, district, and biogeographical. Forest plans cover about 54% of the terrestrial area of Natura 2000 sites in Veneto, and 75% of Sites of Community Importance in the Alpine biogeographical region. At the local scale of analysis, metrics from forest plans represent a valuable historical record which can be used to interpret the current state and future trends, especially for forests with long management records. These data can be used to assess biodiversity indicators for the monitoring of Natura 2000 forest and non-forest habitats, in compliance with Article 17 of the Habitats Directive. Moreover, the heterogeneous stand conditions which are promoted by some forest management approaches can improve the conservation efforts for some habitats and species. The scale of local forest plans are typically the most appropriate for implementing habitat management strategies. From this study, we conclude that management authorities should take advantage of the wide spatial coverage and distribution of existing forest plans, especially in mountain areas inside and outside the Natura 2000 network, for the successful conservation of European Union habitats and species

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Public attitudes and opinions as dimensions of efficient management with extensive meadows in Natura 2000 area

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives

Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives

Ostrich farmer characteristics predict conservation opportunity

Synergies of planning for forests and planning for Natura 2000: Evidences and prospects from northern Italy

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