4 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Documents (DOAJ)., In interviews, "...a group of 'conservation-minded' Illinois farmers revealed that while they are not necessarily familiar with the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS), they are concerned with nutrient loss and are taking steps to address those concerns." However, authors observed that added efforts may be required to encourage adoption of the best management practices recommended by the strategy. The study also identified information sources farmers trust in making such decisions.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25759
Notes:
346 pages., Experiences of Dr. Jo Ann Burkholder and associates in trying to alert the scientific and general public to dangers posed by a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria. Confinement swine operations involved in polluting water systems.
McCallum, David B. (author) and Anderson, Laurel (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18301
Notes:
Pages 237-262 in Roger E. Kasperson and Pieter Jan M. Stallen (eds.), Communicating risks to the public: international perspectives. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 481 pages.
15 pages., Via online journal., Preliminary results of a survey investigating individual well-being of residents in the
Great Barrier Reef region of Australia are presented. The well-being factors were
grouped into domains of: society, representing family and community issues; ecology, representing natural environment; and economy, dealing with economic issues
and provision of services. The relative perceived importance of factors was quantified, allowing for a creation of individual well-being functions. In the society domain,
family relations and health were identified as the most important contributors to
well-being. Water quality was the ecology domain factor that received highest
scores, and health services and income were the most important contributors to
the economic domain. The methodological approach used in this study has a potential to integrate ecological, social, and economic values of local people into
decision-making processes. The profiles of well-being thus generated would present
policymakers with information beyond that available from standard data sources.
Bennett, C. (author / USDA), Novak, P. (author / University of Wisconsin-Madison), O'Keefe, G. (author / University of Wisconsin-Madison), Anderson, S. (author / University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Trumbo, C. (author / Cornell University)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1997-10-22
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09002
