| Autor: |
Kohler, Florent, Thierry, Chloé, Marchand, Guillaume |
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Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal; Dec2014, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p929-949, 21p |
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Understanding farmers' attitudes towards the environment is essential for the implementation of land management policies. Since 2000 conservation policies in France, as in other countries, have introduced the concept of 'multifunctional agriculture' whereby farmers are entrusted with responsibility for environmental and landscape conservation in a peasant tradition that the 'Green Revolution' largely eradicated. To assess farmers' and other inhabitants' attitudes towards the conservation of nature, we conducted fieldwork for 3 years (2010-2013) in two French municipalities located in a bocage area (farmland with hedges and groves). Results confirm that farmers feel more connected to nature than other rural residents. However, their perception that nature should be under human control, 'clean' and 'tidy,' contradicts many aspects of conservation policies. Our results also highlight differences between organic and non-organic farmers, especially in the acceptance of protection policies, but their perception of nature is very similar. Local history and social dynamics specific to each municipality have a strong influence on their environmental conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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