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Farmers' Perception of the Decade-Long Grazing Ban Policy in Northern China: A Case Study of

Yanchi County,Yong Chen,Li-hua Zhou,M. Rosen

Published 2016 in Unknown venue

ABSTRACT

This study analyzes farmers' perception of grazing restriction policies, grassland environment and ecological management following the implementation of environmental protection policies in northern China. Understanding farmers' attitudes and their causes will hopefully aid in the creation and execution of future policies. One hundred and thirty-five households were surveyed at three occasions over the course of a decade to explore the causes and processes of farmers' perception. Farmers' ecological awareness tends to be short term. In areas with a degraded environment, farmers were eager to implement policies to improve the environment and recognized the positive impact of the grazing ban policy (GBP). However, as conditions improved, farmers' recognition and acceptance of the GBP became negative. Although farmers recognized the benefits of the GBP, they showed little awareness of the long-term process of environmental governance. As can be seen from the farmers' ecological awareness and their attitudes toward the GBP, they are more inclined to value short-term economic interest than ecological protection. We suggest that good environmental protection policy must take into account the ecological and economic interests of farmers.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2016

  • Venue

    Unknown venue

  • Publication date

    2016-10-30

  • Fields of study

    Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Economics, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.3390/SU8111113
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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