The farmer as a landscape steward: Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions
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The farmer as a landscape steward : Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions. / Raymond, Christopher M.; Bieling, Claudia; Fagerholm, Nora et al.
In: Ambio, Vol. 45, No. 2, 01.03.2016, p. 173-184.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The farmer as a landscape steward
T2 - Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions
AU - Raymond, Christopher M.
AU - Bieling, Claudia
AU - Fagerholm, Nora
AU - Martin-Lopez, Berta
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - We develop a landscape stewardship classification which distinguishes between farmers’ understanding of landscape stewardship, their landscape values, and land management actions. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with small-holder (<5 acres), medium-holders (5–100 acres), and large-holders (>100 acres) in South-West Devon, UK. Thematic analysis revealed four types of stewardship understandings: (1) an environmental frame which emphasized the farmers’ role in conserving or restoring wildlife; (2) a primary production frame which emphasized the farmers’ role in taking care of primary production assets; (3) a holistic frame focusing on farmers’ role as a conservationist, primary producer, and manager of a range of landscape values, and; (4) an instrumental frame focusing on the financial benefits associated with compliance with agri-environmental schemes. We compare the landscape values and land management actions that emerged across stewardship types, and discuss the global implications of the landscape stewardship classification for the engagement of farmers in landscape management.
AB - We develop a landscape stewardship classification which distinguishes between farmers’ understanding of landscape stewardship, their landscape values, and land management actions. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with small-holder (<5 acres), medium-holders (5–100 acres), and large-holders (>100 acres) in South-West Devon, UK. Thematic analysis revealed four types of stewardship understandings: (1) an environmental frame which emphasized the farmers’ role in conserving or restoring wildlife; (2) a primary production frame which emphasized the farmers’ role in taking care of primary production assets; (3) a holistic frame focusing on farmers’ role as a conservationist, primary producer, and manager of a range of landscape values, and; (4) an instrumental frame focusing on the financial benefits associated with compliance with agri-environmental schemes. We compare the landscape values and land management actions that emerged across stewardship types, and discuss the global implications of the landscape stewardship classification for the engagement of farmers in landscape management.
KW - Conservation behavior
KW - Environmental management
KW - Pro-environmental behavior
KW - Production behavior
KW - Social values
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Conservation behavior
KW - Social values
KW - environmental management
KW - Pro-environmental behavior
KW - Production behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958110059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-015-0694-0
DO - 10.1007/s13280-015-0694-0
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 26346276
VL - 45
SP - 173
EP - 184
JO - Ambio
JF - Ambio
SN - 0044-7447
IS - 2
ER -