Catalysing collective action for effective weed management

杂草是农村生态系统和工业可持续性的主要威胁。目前的政策呼吁社区采取集体行动来管理杂草，但是关于这种过程及其效益的经验证据很少。该项目旨在提供关于社区如何集体管理杂草和农村可持续发展利益的开创性知识。它将首次对自组织杂草管理措施进行广泛的比较案例研究，试验一种新的分析方法，并提出可以解释有效集体管理杂草的理论。预期成果包括支持社区和政府扩大和加强农村集体行动的循证战略和指导方针。

Weeds are a major threat to the sustainability of rural ecosystems and industries. Current policies call for communities to act collectively to manage weeds, but there is little empirical evidence about such processes and their benefits. This project aims to produce pioneering knowledge about how communities collectively manage weeds and the benefits for rural sustainability. It will conduct the first extensive comparative case study of self-organising weed management initiatives, pilot a new analytic method and advance theory that can explain effective collective management of weeds. Expected outcomes include evidence-based strategies and guidelines that support communities and governments to expand and enhance rural collective action.