The farmer as a landscape steward: Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-184

  Raymond, Christopher M ^a,b   Bieling, Claudia ^c   Fagerholm, Nora ^a,d   Martin Lopez, Berta ^e,f   Plieninger, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation behavior; Environmental management; Pro environmental behavior; Production behavior; Social values

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SMALLHOLDER;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FARMERS;

EID: 84958110059     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0694-0     Document Type: Article

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