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2. Environmental education and awareness at the National Botanic Garden of Zimbabwe
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shava, Soul (author), Mapaura, Anthony (author), and World Conservation Union (IUCN), International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources.
- Format:
- Proceedings
- Publication Date:
- 2003-09-07
- Published:
- Zimbabwe
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C24932
- Notes:
- Chapter 14 in Denise Hamu, Elisabeth Auchincloss and Wendy Goldstein (eds.), Communicating protected areas. Presented to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003.
3. Farmers’ perception of water quality and risks in the Mashavera river basin, Georgia: analyzing the vulnerability of the social-ecological system through community perceptions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Withanachchi, Sisira S. (author), Kunchulia, Ilia (author), Ghambashidze, Giorgi (author), Al Sidawi, Rami (author), Urushadze, Teo (author), and Ploeger, Angelika (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Published:
- Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10388
- Journal Title:
- Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(9)
- Notes:
- 26 pages., Via online journal., Competing natural resources usage that leads to dramatic land use changes can threaten the balance of a social-ecological system. When this is the case, communities are directly exposed to the negative consequences of those land use changes. The Mashavera River Basin is considered one of the hotspots of environmental pollution in Georgia. This is of importance for public health because the food production from this basin meets a substantial proportion of the country’s food demand. The farmers’ perception of the water quality and their perceived risks to the economy, health, and lifestyle reflect the status of the environmental and social conditions. The inclusion of farmers’ risk perceptions is an important stage of water quality governance that could enable active civic participation. The approach of this research study was the convergence model in the triangular design of the mixed method approach. As part of the social data, the research study was conducted with a survey of 177 households, for which agriculture was either a main or partial source of income. A few focus group discussions were also conducted. A binary logistic regression analysis was employed as the main method for the analysis. The results from the pollution load index (PLI) were used as the supportive data to verify some geospatial hypotheses. We found that aesthetic attributes (i.e., color changes observed in the river) and the source of the water contamination (i.e., mining sites) were the main predictor variables for a perceived risk to water quality, health, and livelihoods. The people who work in agriculture as the main income source had more concern about their ability to sell their agricultural products as a result of water contamination in the river, compared with people for whom agriculture is a secondary source of income or for self-consumption. Age, amount of land, years of agricultural experience, and the source of water supply for agriculture did not have a significant effect on any of the risk perception or water quality perception models. The results indicate that the health risk is perceived more strongly in areas with more heavily contaminated water compared to less polluted areas. We propose that conducting a public risk perception assessment is an ideal means to detect people’s concerns regarding water quality governance for future risk analysis in Georgia. Another recommendation of this study is an integrated model of risk assessment that combines the results from a public risk perception assessment and a technical assessment. The benefits of such an integrated assessment include finding new hazard-sensitive areas for further analysis, the possibility to cross-check data for verification, communal communication of hazardous conditions by utilizing local knowledge, and the direct participation of the community in monitoring risks.
4. Interactive online tool for educating the public about landscape conservation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hanks, R. Daniel (author), Baldwin, Robert F. (author), Leonard, Paul B. (author), Bee, Gillian B. (author), and Claflin, Patrick (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10425
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(2)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Via online journal., Landscape-scale conservation planning performed in a systematic and transparent manner is becoming more common as it is increasingly evident that ecological processes are being affected at large spatial scales. The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative undertook a 15-state landscape conservation planning project, resulting in a landscape conservation design called NatureScape. To facilitate NatureScape's implementation by groups and individuals participating in on-the-ground landscape conservation, we developed an online decision support tool. This tool has the potential to assist Extension services in delivering research-based information to varied stakeholders as they make land use decisions.
5. Promoting sustainable development through strategic communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mefalopulos, Paolo (author), Grenna, Lucia (author), and World Conservation Union (IUCN), International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources.
- Format:
- Proceedings
- Publication Date:
- 2003-09-07
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C24925
- Notes:
- Chapter 3 in Denise Hamu, Elisabeth Auchincloss and Wendy Goldstein (eds.), Communicating protected areas. Presented to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003.
6. Sociological aspects of the adoption of conservation practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clearfield, Frank (author), Osgood, Barbara T. (author), and Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27076
- Notes:
- Technical Report T014. 16 pages.
7. Talking conservation: what we say/what the public hears
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Marketing Horizons, Inc. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1997-12
- Published:
- USA: Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27088
- Notes:
- Communications Research Report. 27 pages., Focus group report prepared for the National Association of Conservation Districts, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Association of State Conservation Agencies. Executive summary on file in print formj and available online at www.ssi.nrcs.usda.gov/publications/2_Tech_Reports/T016a_focusexec.html.
8. Urban-rural interfaces: linking people and nature
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Laband, David N. (author), Lockaby. B. Graeme (author), and Zipperer, Wayne C. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- USA: American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America and Crop Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06961
- Notes:
- 332 pages.