Social marketing’s role in improving water quality on the Great Barrier Reef

Hay, Rachel, Eagle, Lynne, and Saleem, Muhammad Abid (2019) Social marketing’s role in improving water quality on the Great Barrier Reef. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 31 (5). pp. 1308-1343.

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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the implications of claimed detrimental impacts for the agricultural activity of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) ecosystem health in Queensland, Australia. The authors discuss the complex interaction of factors that have contributed to the decline in reef ecosystems and the challenges presented by multiple industries operating within the GBR catchment area. The authors then discuss measures employed to address agricultural run-off, claimed to be a significant factor in declining reef water quality.

Design/methodology/approach – Surveys of land managers were undertaken in partnership with two of the six natural resource management (NRM) organizations operating in areas adjacent to the GBR identified as having very high risk of natural and anthropogenic runoff. The sample population was obtained from a membership database within the two regions. Participants include land managers from the both regions who engaged in sugar cane production (Region 1 and Region 2, included in this paper) and cattle production (Region 2, to be reported later). Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed including open-ended responses.

Findings – A large-scale study of land managers reveals several reasons for the lack of success at reducing agricultural run-off. The authors discuss the rationale for a move to a theory-grounded social marketing approach to encouraging land manager behavior change, highlighting barriers, and potential enablers of sustained behavior change.

Originality/value – This study is first of its kind that discusses the behavior of land managers in the GBR catchment area and highlights facilitators and impediments of land managers’ behavior change toward GBR protection actions.

Item ID: 58266
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1355-5855
Keywords: social marketing, theory of planned behaviour, environmental degradation, Great Barrier Reef, agricultural land management
Copyright Information: © 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited. The Author Accepted Manuscript of this publication is available Open Access from ResearchOnline@JCU.
Funders: National Environmental Science Program Project
Date Deposited: 30 Jul 2019 03:36
FoR Codes: 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3506 Marketing > 350604 Marketing communications @ 100%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9609 Land and Water Management > 960902 Coastal and Estuarine Land Management @ 100%
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