Motivators and barriers to adoption of Improved Land Management Practices. A focus on practice change for water quality improvement in Great Barrier Reef catchments

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Coggan, Anthea¹  Thorburn, Peter²  Fielke, Simon¹  Hay, Rachel³  Smart, James C. R.⁴ 

[1] Commonwealth Sci Ind Res Org CSIRO, EcoSci Precinct, 41 Boggo Rd, Dutton Pk, Qld 4102, Australia

[2] Commonwealth Sci Ind Res Org CSIRO, Queensland Biosci Precinct, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia

[3] James Cook Univ, 1 James Cook Dr, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia

[4] Griffith Univ, Sch Environm & Sci, Australian Rivers Inst, Nathan Campus, Nathan, Qld, Australia

关键词: Economic;    Social;    Institutional;    Cultural;    Adoption;    Water quality;    Sugarcane;    Grazing;    Human dimensions;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112628

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

To protect and improve water quality in the Great Barrier Reef, the Queensland Government's Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan targets that 90% of sugarcane, horticulture, cropping and grazing lands in priority areas be managed using best management practices for sediment, nutrient and pesticides by 2025. Progress towards this target is insufficient and variable across catchments and industries. The motivation to adopt improvements in management practices is heavily influenced by social, economic, cultural and institutional dimensions. In this paper we synthesise the literature on how these human dimensions influence decision making for land management practice and highlight where future investment could be focussed. We highlight that focussing on -1) investigating systems to support landholder decision making under climate uncertainty (risk); 2) generating a better understanding of the extent and drivers of landholder transaction cost; 3) understanding if there are competing 'right' ways to farm; and 4) improving understanding of the social processes, trust and power dynamics within GBR industries and what these means for practice change- could improve practice change uptake in the future.

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