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2. Communication support for sustainable natural resource management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Röling, Niels (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Language:
- English / French
- Publication Date:
- 1994-04
- Published:
- Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10634
- Journal Title:
- IDS Bulletin banner
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(2): 125-133
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., Natural Resource Management (NRM) can be looked upon from different perspectives: (1) the bio‐physical science perspective, (2) the economic perspective and (3) the social actor perspective. After briefly contrasting the three complementary perspectives, the article focuses on the third, which is the least developed. The social actor perspective requires that one distinguish between (1) the natural resource (be it a farm, a water catchment, underground water resources, etc.) and (2) the social actors who hold a stake in, and/or affect it. These stakeholders ideally form a platform for integral decision making about the natural resource. The platform/resource combination highlights communication processes of interest in sustainable NRM: creating a rich picture of intentions and realities; (land use) negotiation and accommodation; making things visible; raising the level of social aggregation at which platforms operate; and information systems for platform decision support. Such and other platform processes need active facilitation. The article outlines the implications for communication support, and explores professional contributions.
3. Creating a place for environmental communication research in sustainability science
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lindenfeld, Laura A. (author), Hall, Damon M. (author), McGreavy, Bridie (author), Silka, Linda (author), and Hart, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-03-07
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08589
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (1): 23-43
4. Responding to stakeholder's demands for climate information: from research to applications in Florida
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jagtap, S.S. (author), Jones, J.W. (author), Hildebrand, P. (author), Letson, D. (author), O'Brien, J.J. (author), Podestá, G. (author), Zierden, D. (author), and Zazueta, F. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2002-12
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07811
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 74 (3): 415-430
5. Risks in urban rooftop agriculture: assessing stakeholders’ perceptions to ensure efficient policymaking
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Specht, Kathrin (author), Sanyé-Mengual, Esther (author), and Institute of Socio-Economics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany Research Center in Urban Environment for Agriculture and Biodiversity (Rescue-AB), Department of Agricultural Sciences (DIPSA), Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, Italy
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-03
- Published:
- International: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08151
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 69: 13-21
6. Science communication and vernal pool conservation: a study of local decision maker attitudes in a knowledge-action system
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- McGreavy, Bridie (author), Webler, Thomas (author), and Calhoun, Aram J.K. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-03
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10624
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 95(1):1-8
- Notes:
- 8 pages., via online journal., In this study, we describe local decision maker attitudes towards vernal pools to inform science communication and enhance vernal pool conservation efforts. We conducted interviews with town planning board and conservation commission members (n = 9) from two towns in the State of Maine in the northeastern United States. We then mailed a questionnaire to a stratified random sample of planning board members in August and September 2007 with a response rate of 48.4% (n = 320). The majority of survey respondents favored the protection and conservation of vernal pools in their towns. Decision makers were familiar with the term “vernal pool” and demonstrated positive attitudes to vernal pools in general. General appreciation and willingness to conserve vernal pools predicted support for the 2006 revisions to the Natural Resource Protection Act regulating Significant Vernal Pools. However, 48% of respondents were unaware of this law and neither prior knowledge of the law nor workshop attendance predicted support for the vernal pool law. Further, concerns about private property rights and development restrictions predicted disagreement with the vernal pool law. We conclude that science communication must rely on specific frames of reference, be sensitive to cultural values, and occur in an iterative system to link knowledge and action in support of vernal pool conservation.
7. Viewpoint: effective stakeholder communication in agriculture: together we stand, divided we fall!
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aaarts, H. F. M. (author), Humphreys, J. (author), and Le Gall, A. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05-01
- Published:
- Interational: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10127
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 152(S1) : 65-70
- Notes:
- 6 pages., (Special Issue from the 17th International Nitrogen Workshop), Via online Journal, Substantial improvements of agricultural systems are necessary to meet the future requirements of humanity. However, current agricultural knowledge and information systems are generally not well suited to meet the necessary improvements in productivity and sustainability. For more effective application of research output, research producers and research consumers should not be considered as separate individuals in the knowledge chain but as collaborating partners creating synergy. The current paper investigates the relationships between scientists and stakeholders and identifies approaches to increase the effectiveness of their communication. On-farm research has proven to be an effective means of improving exploitation of research output at farm level because it connects all relevant partners in the process. Furthermore, pilot farms can act as an effective platform for communication and dissemination. Regional networks of pilot farms should be established and connected across regions