Transforming urban gardeners into land stewards

Mumaw, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.05.003

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“…Van Heezik et al 2012 In this study, we add to the nascent literature on the nexus spanning learning, biodiversity and private gardens, and respond to the calls in the broader learning and environmental governance literature for precision in terminology, more case diversity, and empirical and conceptual insights into the links between learning and management (Gerlak et al 2017, Suškevičs et al 2017. As noted earlier, we build on established frameworks (i.e., van Heezik et al 2012, Mumaw 2017, Suškevičs et al 2017 to further reveal how learning about biodiversity in urban private gardens informs a range of personal, social and environmental changes, including garden management practices.…”

Section: Learning In Environmental Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another is to unlock the conservation potential of blue and green spaces on private residential lands (e.g., Cameron et al 2012, Lindemann-Matthies and Marty 2013, Cleveland et al 2017, Baldock et al 2019, particularly when faced with increasing population and housing densities (Gaston et al 2005. Additionally, it is clear that multi-level community engagement, including initiatives that engage, educate and empower residents (van Heezik et al 2012, Goddard et al 2013, Buijs et al 2016, Mumaw 2017, is crucial to unlocking the conservation potential of private residential lands, or gardens.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Our research objective was thus to understand how learning about biodiversity in urban private gardens informs a range of cognitive, relational, normative and environmental changes, including garden management practices. We used a qualitative case study and thematic analysis to augment established methods and frameworks (i.e., van Heezik et al 2012, Mumaw 2017, Suškevičs et al 2017 for understanding the multiple pathways of learning, and in doing so we further elucidate the interconnections between learning and the management of private lands for biodiversity conservation.…”

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Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Diduck

Raymond

Rodela

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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Nature-based solutions directed at improving biodiversity, on both public and private land, can provide multiple benefits, but many of these benefits are not being fully realized. One reason is the normative and cognitive disconnect between people and nature, highlighting the need for new learning programs to foster better nature connections. More is known about learning in the context of community gardens than in relation to private gardens. Using semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, this study explores learning among residents engaged in home gardening for biodiversity in Winnipeg, Canada. We uncovered diverse and interconnected learning processes/activities founded on formative childhood experiences. The processes/activities were non-formal and informal, and included individual, social and blended experiences. Learning outcomes were also mutually influencing and multi-levelled, comprising normative, cognitive/behavioural and relational changes. The results support an analytical framework suggesting how learning-focused initiatives can enhance biodiversity on private property and aid in delivery of nature-based solutions.

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Section: Learning In Environmental Governancementioning

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Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Diduck

Raymond

Rodela

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…These actions can promote biodiversity, and urban ponds support similar alpha diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates, as well as higher prevalence of some taxonomic groups than nonurban ponds (Hill et al 2017 ). These management activities are made more feasible because of the ease of access that is possible in cities and can feed back to create more engaged community members with greater incentives to engage in stewardship actions (Mumaw 2017 ).…”

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The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity

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Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes. Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many species, some of which have larger populations, faster growth rates, and higher productivity in cities than outside of them. Despite this fact, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the potentially beneficial links between cities and their surroundings. We identify five pathways by which cities can benefit regional ecosystems by releasing species from threats in the larger landscape, increasing regional habitat heterogeneity and genetic diversity, acting as migratory stopovers, preadapting species to climate change, and enhancing public engagement and environmental stewardship. Increasing recognition of these pathways could help cities identify effective strategies for supporting regional biodiversity conservation and could provide a science-based platform for incorporating biodiversity alongside other urban greening goals.

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“…For example, a partnership between a municipal council and local community group in Melbourne, Australia, engages urban residents to become involved in restoration on their land, retaining remnant vegetation and adding vegetative structure and habitat features. A study of this program found residents had strong connections to the environment, and viewed their property‐scale restoration activities as contributions to landscape‐scale conservation efforts as well as to their local community (Mumaw, ). Council and community members were the key factors promoting and supporting their participation (Mumaw & Bekessy, ).…”

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Integrating diverse social and ecological motivations to achieve landscape restoration

Jellinek

Wilson

Hagger

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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1. Landscape-scale restoration requires stakeholder collaboration and recognition of diverse social and ecological motivations to achieve multiple benefits. Yet few landscape restoration projects have set and achieved shared social and ecological goals.2. Mechanisms to integrate social and ecological motivations will differ in different landscapes. We provide examples from urban, agricultural, and mined landscapes to highlight how integration can achieve multiple benefits and help incentivize restoration.3. Better communication of ecological and especially social benefits of restoration could increase motivation. Social and economic incentives from carbon markets are evident in agricultural landscapes, biodiversity offset schemes are unlikely to motivate restoration without proof-of-concept, and framing restoration in terms of ecosystem services shows promise. Synthesis and applications.When setting restoration goals, it is important to recognize the diverse motivations that influence them. In doing so, and by evaluating both social and ecological benefits, we can better achieve desired restoration outcomes. Customizing incentives to cater for diverse stakeholder motivations could therefore encourage restoration projects. K E Y W O R D Sbiodiversity offset scheme, ecosystem services, mine restoration, old-field restoration, restoration incentives, socioecological, stakeholder engagement, urban restoration

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Transforming urban gardeners into land stewards

Cited by 34 publications

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Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens

The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity

Integrating diverse social and ecological motivations to achieve landscape restoration

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