Pub Date : 2023-01-25DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2169423
M. R. Cope, Kayci A Muirbrook, Paige N. Park, S. Sanders, Carol Ward, Rachel M. Sumsion
Abstract Previous research found that socio-demographic characteristics are significant predictors of environmental behaviors and attitudes, including political affiliation and religious identity. However, the consistency of religious identity and political affiliation as predictors of environmental attitudes and behaviors is still contested. This study investigates whether religious affiliation is a significant determinant of environmental attitudes (EA) or whether political affiliation is a better predictor. Sampling 25 rural towns in Utah, USA. with homogenous religious identities and political affiliations, we replicate past regression analyses from similar studies. We conclude that although our results are generally consistent with the literature, unlike what the replicated studies suggest, religious identity is not a consistent predictor of EA. Rather, political affiliation is a stronger predictor. Our research, therefore, clarifies socio-demographic characteristics that serve as predictors of EA and provides a nuanced understanding of rural EA.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-25DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2161682
Olivia Lukacic, P. Catanzaro, Emily S. Huff, K. Hamunen
Abstract Women represent a growing segment of the family forest owner population in the United States. This article seeks to identify how women in the eastern U.S. navigate forest land management. Inductive coding led to the development of five prominent themes: connections to the land, stewardship ethic, personal challenges, connections to others, and educational/programmatic challenges. Our research suggests that women have a strong connection to their land with diverse interests and objectives. Their stories challenge the current definition of engaged landowners and represent a need for programs and policies that support passive and more holistic active stewardship options.
{"title":"Women on the Land: Perspectives on Women-Owned Forest Land in the Eastern United States","authors":"Olivia Lukacic, P. Catanzaro, Emily S. Huff, K. Hamunen","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2022.2161682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2161682","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Women represent a growing segment of the family forest owner population in the United States. This article seeks to identify how women in the eastern U.S. navigate forest land management. Inductive coding led to the development of five prominent themes: connections to the land, stewardship ethic, personal challenges, connections to others, and educational/programmatic challenges. Our research suggests that women have a strong connection to their land with diverse interests and objectives. Their stories challenge the current definition of engaged landowners and represent a need for programs and policies that support passive and more holistic active stewardship options.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49402273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2167140
L. Warner, A. Lamm, Kristina E. Gibson
Abstract This study sought to disentangle distinctions of social norms that can be used to address residential overuse of irrigation water. Nuances of social norms pertaining to eliminating 1/3 of a household’s irrigated landscape were examined by comparing generalized, expectancy-based, and value-expectancy beliefs with electronic survey data from 315 adults in Florida, USA. Spearman’s correlations were used to evaluate relationships and ordinal regression was used to examine the predictive capacity of generalized, expectancy-based, and value-expectancy models. The generalized model fit best, with generalized descriptive norms as the more powerful predictor, implying descriptive norms should be used as a route to increase behavioral engagement. People working on water issues are encouraged to use social norms strategies to promote awareness of others’ reduction of irrigated landscape to increase participation in water conservation. Findings revealed an important challenge in that generalized descriptive norms are specific to an individual’s important persons rather than named referent groups.
{"title":"Examining Normative Influences on Intentions to Reduce Irrigated Landscape Area through a Compliance and Belonging Lens","authors":"L. Warner, A. Lamm, Kristina E. Gibson","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2023.2167140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2167140","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study sought to disentangle distinctions of social norms that can be used to address residential overuse of irrigation water. Nuances of social norms pertaining to eliminating 1/3 of a household’s irrigated landscape were examined by comparing generalized, expectancy-based, and value-expectancy beliefs with electronic survey data from 315 adults in Florida, USA. Spearman’s correlations were used to evaluate relationships and ordinal regression was used to examine the predictive capacity of generalized, expectancy-based, and value-expectancy models. The generalized model fit best, with generalized descriptive norms as the more powerful predictor, implying descriptive norms should be used as a route to increase behavioral engagement. People working on water issues are encouraged to use social norms strategies to promote awareness of others’ reduction of irrigated landscape to increase participation in water conservation. Findings revealed an important challenge in that generalized descriptive norms are specific to an individual’s important persons rather than named referent groups.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45731000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-13DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2166181
Thi Thanh Phuong Duong, L. A. Lobry de Bruyn, P. Kristiansen, G. Marshall, Janelle Wilkes
Abstract While protected areas are a measure for forest conservation, they pose a number of key challenges to local people’s livelihoods. One solution to the tension between conservation objectives and livelihoods in protected areas is involving local people in forest protection activities. The research examined the performance of one initiative, involving Forest Protection Teams (FPTs), on the livelihoods of local people and participating members, and on forest conservation. The research revealed that FPT activities had some benefits for team members but limited impact on local livelihoods. Additionally, most households stated that there was no detectable change in forest condition because of team members’ activities in forest protection. For FPT members to take greater ownership of forest protection outcomes and communication of these outcomes, the program needs to be designed and implemented in a more participatory manner.
{"title":"Lessons for Protected Area Management in Vietnam: Outcomes of Local Ethnic Minority Participation in Forest Protection of Cat Tien National Park","authors":"Thi Thanh Phuong Duong, L. A. Lobry de Bruyn, P. Kristiansen, G. Marshall, Janelle Wilkes","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2023.2166181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2166181","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While protected areas are a measure for forest conservation, they pose a number of key challenges to local people’s livelihoods. One solution to the tension between conservation objectives and livelihoods in protected areas is involving local people in forest protection activities. The research examined the performance of one initiative, involving Forest Protection Teams (FPTs), on the livelihoods of local people and participating members, and on forest conservation. The research revealed that FPT activities had some benefits for team members but limited impact on local livelihoods. Additionally, most households stated that there was no detectable change in forest condition because of team members’ activities in forest protection. For FPT members to take greater ownership of forest protection outcomes and communication of these outcomes, the program needs to be designed and implemented in a more participatory manner.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44256114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-05DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2161028
F. Tease, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Rita Yembilah, A. Tsiboe-Darko, Priscilla Mensah, Brandon Adams
Abstract In 2021, Ghana was Africa’s largest gold producer and sixth largest producer worldwide. However, mining wrecks tremendous environmental havoc and poses significant human health risks. Efforts to mitigate these impacts have focused exclusively on regularizing mining, with little recognition of the crucial role farmers play in mining, particularly as agents that lease their land for the same. Ghana’s new tree tenure policy allows cocoa farmers to acquire individualized, allodial rights to commercial timber species on their farms, which permits famers to capture forestry sector payments. We examine farmers’ impressions of tree tenure reform as a potential counter to mining in eleven communities in Western and Western North regions, using focus group and individual interviews. While the concept of tree tenure is enthusiastically embraced, practical difficulties encountered by smallholders attempting to navigate the bureaucratic registration system limit the sway of tree registration and ownership as a means of limiting mining proliferation.
{"title":"“When Will the Tree Grow for Me to Benefit from It?”: Tree Tenure Reform to Counter Mining in Southwestern Ghana","authors":"F. Tease, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Rita Yembilah, A. Tsiboe-Darko, Priscilla Mensah, Brandon Adams","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2022.2161028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2161028","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In 2021, Ghana was Africa’s largest gold producer and sixth largest producer worldwide. However, mining wrecks tremendous environmental havoc and poses significant human health risks. Efforts to mitigate these impacts have focused exclusively on regularizing mining, with little recognition of the crucial role farmers play in mining, particularly as agents that lease their land for the same. Ghana’s new tree tenure policy allows cocoa farmers to acquire individualized, allodial rights to commercial timber species on their farms, which permits famers to capture forestry sector payments. We examine farmers’ impressions of tree tenure reform as a potential counter to mining in eleven communities in Western and Western North regions, using focus group and individual interviews. While the concept of tree tenure is enthusiastically embraced, practical difficulties encountered by smallholders attempting to navigate the bureaucratic registration system limit the sway of tree registration and ownership as a means of limiting mining proliferation.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49189623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-05DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2165205
A. R. Brown
Abstract Research on sense of place suggests that people’s understandings of themselves and others is closely tied to the feelings they have about the place where they reside. Solastalgia expands on this sociological concept by considering the impacts on the various benefits derived from place when a landscape is changed through acute or chronic environmental disruptions. As such, climate-related disasters affect both tangible and intangible goods. Using 24 qualitative interviews with residents of Paradise, California several months after a wildfire destroyed their town, this exploratory study examines three ways in which the solastalgia experience is socially constructed. This occurs through disruptions to coping resources found in the natural world, embeddedness of history in place, and the experience of “homesickness” for a changed landscape.
{"title":"“Homesick for Something That’s Never Going to Be Again”: An Exploratory Study of the Sociological Implications of Solastalgia","authors":"A. R. Brown","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2023.2165205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2165205","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Research on sense of place suggests that people’s understandings of themselves and others is closely tied to the feelings they have about the place where they reside. Solastalgia expands on this sociological concept by considering the impacts on the various benefits derived from place when a landscape is changed through acute or chronic environmental disruptions. As such, climate-related disasters affect both tangible and intangible goods. Using 24 qualitative interviews with residents of Paradise, California several months after a wildfire destroyed their town, this exploratory study examines three ways in which the solastalgia experience is socially constructed. This occurs through disruptions to coping resources found in the natural world, embeddedness of history in place, and the experience of “homesickness” for a changed landscape.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46650189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2150798
Gabrielle Sherman, A. Daigneault
Abstract Maine faces a period of socio-economic transition as it contends with a shift in natural resource utilization. From the declining contribution of natural resource industries to the rise of conservation lands, the state’s relationship with its natural capital is increasingly influenced by a multitude of factors. Meanwhile, Maine’s rural communities may struggle to adapt. In order to gain better insight, a statewide web-based survey was used to collect data on perceptions of community resilience, natural resource industries, and conservation. Analysis revealed divergences largely based on demographic characteristics. Politically conservative respondents expressed a belief that their communities are resilient but are concerned that conservation lands reduce economic productivity. Rural residents tend to believe natural resource industries remain important but do not perceive their communities to be economically diverse. Respondents in urban areas instead perceive a lack of social cohesion and trustworthiness of local elected leadership. Communities across the state contend with a diverse array of vulnerabilities for which no single resilience building solution will suffice.
{"title":"Evaluation of Maine Resident Perceptions on Community Resilience, Conservation, and Natural Resource Industries","authors":"Gabrielle Sherman, A. Daigneault","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2022.2150798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2150798","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Maine faces a period of socio-economic transition as it contends with a shift in natural resource utilization. From the declining contribution of natural resource industries to the rise of conservation lands, the state’s relationship with its natural capital is increasingly influenced by a multitude of factors. Meanwhile, Maine’s rural communities may struggle to adapt. In order to gain better insight, a statewide web-based survey was used to collect data on perceptions of community resilience, natural resource industries, and conservation. Analysis revealed divergences largely based on demographic characteristics. Politically conservative respondents expressed a belief that their communities are resilient but are concerned that conservation lands reduce economic productivity. Rural residents tend to believe natural resource industries remain important but do not perceive their communities to be economically diverse. Respondents in urban areas instead perceive a lack of social cohesion and trustworthiness of local elected leadership. Communities across the state contend with a diverse array of vulnerabilities for which no single resilience building solution will suffice.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44167728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2146821
Anne N. Junod, Jeffrey B. Jacquet
Abstract Mail and telephone surveys are becoming increasingly expensive and unreliable, while internet-based surveys raise issues of geographic representation and other matters of authenticity. The Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) method is an alternative which can elicit higher response rates and reduce non-response bias issues. DOPU involves dropping off and picking up surveys in person and can yield high participation because personal interactions have been shown to stimulate norms of reciprocity. We share insights from our 2019 DOPU study of hydrocarbon energy export impacts in four communities that have experienced oil-by-rail transportation and related disasters, with surveys collected in two metropolitan and two rural communities in the U.S. Midwest and Pacific Northwest. We organize and present a suite of novel and established recommendations suitable for both scholarly and community-based researchers and practitioners to strengthen community support, improve fieldwork efficiency, increase response rates, and reduce costs in future DOPU studies.
{"title":"Insights for the Drop-off/Pick-up Method to Improve Data Collection","authors":"Anne N. Junod, Jeffrey B. Jacquet","doi":"10.1080/08941920.2022.2146821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2146821","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mail and telephone surveys are becoming increasingly expensive and unreliable, while internet-based surveys raise issues of geographic representation and other matters of authenticity. The Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) method is an alternative which can elicit higher response rates and reduce non-response bias issues. DOPU involves dropping off and picking up surveys in person and can yield high participation because personal interactions have been shown to stimulate norms of reciprocity. We share insights from our 2019 DOPU study of hydrocarbon energy export impacts in four communities that have experienced oil-by-rail transportation and related disasters, with surveys collected in two metropolitan and two rural communities in the U.S. Midwest and Pacific Northwest. We organize and present a suite of novel and established recommendations suitable for both scholarly and community-based researchers and practitioners to strengthen community support, improve fieldwork efficiency, increase response rates, and reduce costs in future DOPU studies.","PeriodicalId":48223,"journal":{"name":"Society & Natural Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46816792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-13DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2153294
Mariana de Oliveira Estevo, A. B. Junqueira, V. Reyes‐García, J. Campos‐Silva
Abstract Climate-related changes taking place in Amazonia substantially impact social-ecological systems, affecting local livelihoods strongly reliant on natural resources. Here, we investigate climate change impacts on different livelihood activities in western Amazonia, through the lens of local ecological knowledge. We conducted semi-structured interviews and surveys with ∼400 residents from 24 communities spread across a ∼600 km stretch of the Juruá River. Residents reported a vast set of changes, many referring to changes in the atmospheric system (e.g., more summer rainfall), but with cascading effects in physical, biological, and human systems. Different livelihood activities are impacted with different intensities and by different climate-related changes. While most changes have negative impacts, residents recognize some positive impacts of climate-driven changes (e.g., large river floods positively impact fishing). Beyond demonstrating the manifold and multidirectional climate change impacts, our findings highlight the contribution of local ecological knowledge in identifying vulnerable livelihood activities and biodiversity-based value chains.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2144564
Ichaou Mounirou, Jérémie Yebou
Abstract The question of whether environmental conditions influence human migration has attracted considerable attention from researchers in recent years. Despite this high level of interest, little is known about the relationship between producers’ perceptions of environmental threats and their decision to migrate, particularly in developing countries where they are increasingly vulnerable. To address this issue, a survey was conducted in the cotton zone of northern Benin to collect data on 630 producers’ perceptions of climate threats. Results from econometric modeling indicate that perceived adverse environmental conditions increase the migration of agricultural producers to new destinations. Overall, the results support that migration is not a direct consequence of environmental change but rather an adaptive strategy deemed efficient by migrants to cope with the adverse consequences of environmental change.
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