Flick, Brigitta, Caltabiano, Nerina, and Bentrupperbaumer, Joan (2009) The impact of attitudes on streamside forest management practice by landowners in Far North Queensland. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 8. pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

Landowners (100 males and 21 females) within the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon located between the Barron and the South Johnstone Rivers responded to a postal survey assessing attitudes towards their streamside forests. 121 useable questionnaires were used to identify the underlying components within landowner's attitudes. Factor analysis revealed two components, namely, awareness of human impact on local streamside forest, and appreciation of environmental benefits and functions of streamside forest. Only factor 2, appreciation of environment benefits and functions of streamside forest, was found to significantly predict good streamside forest management practices as self-reported by landowners. There is a need to understand the human impact on streamside zones.

Item ID:	10237
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1448-2940
Keywords:	attitudes; riparian forest; landowners; Queensland
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2010 01:10
FoR Codes:	17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170113 Social and Community Psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9609 Land and Water Management > 960999 Land and Water Management of Environments not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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