Climate change mitigation options in the rural land use sector: Stakeholders' perspectives on barriers, enablers and the role of policy in North East Scotland
Climate change mitigation options in the rural land use sector: Stakeholders' perspectives on barriers, enablers and the role of policy in North East Scotland
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10.1016/j.envsci.2014.07.010
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
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6
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Smith, Pete
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作者：
Feliciano, Diana;Hunter, Colin;Smith, Pete
农村土地利用部门可能会减少大量的温室气体排放。实施需要农民和其他土地管理者的参与。了解采用这些做法的障碍和推动因素对于向决策者提供信息和实现有效的政策推广至关重要。在苏格兰，农村土地利用部门的温室气体（GHG）排放目标是到2020年相对于1990年的水平减少21%。本研究有助于研究利益攸关方对区域一级减缓气候变化做法适宜性的看法。采用混合方法收集数据，即与科学家和相关利益攸关方的参与性讲习班、农民问卷调查和与农民的焦点小组。调查结果表明，农民主要愿意扩大采用他们已经实施的缓解措施，因为他们认为这些措施最具成本效益。实施缓解做法的障碍主要与物理环境限制、缺乏信息和教育以及个人兴趣和价值观有关。同样，促成因素也与物理环境因素、个人兴趣和价值观有关。讲习班与会者认为，经济奖励、自愿办法和提供信息是促进采用技术上可行的缓解做法所需的最有利办法。然而，农民认为农业是一个“特例”，不应该遵守温室气体减排目标。因此，缓解做法应与其他举措结合起来。(C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
The rural land use sector could potentially mitigate a large amount of GHG emissions. Implementation requires the engagement of farmers and other land managers. Understanding the barriers and enablers for the uptake of these practices is essential both to inform policy-makers and to achieve effective policy outreach. In Scotland, the rural land use sector is subject to a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target of 21% by 2020 relative to 1990 levels. This study contributes to the body of research on stakeholders' perspectives about suitability of climate change mitigation practices at the regional level. Mixed-methods were used to collect the data, namely participatory workshops with scientists and relevant stakeholders, a farmer questionnaire, and focus groups with farmers. Findings show that farmers were mainly willing to expand the uptake of mitigation practices they were already implementing because they consider these are the most cost-effective. Barriers to the implementation of mitigation practices are mainly related to physical-environmental constraints, lack of information and education and personal interests and values. Similarly, enablers are also related to physical-environmental factors and personal interests and values. Economic incentives, voluntary approaches and provision of information have been identified by workshop participants as the most favourable approaches needed to promote the uptake of technically feasible mitigation practices. Farmers, however, consider that agriculture is a "special case" and should have not to comply with GHG emission reduction targets. Mitigation practices, should, therefore, be integrated with other initiatives. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.