What does the UK public want farmland to look like?

Rust, Niki A.; Rehackova, Lucia; Naab, Francis Z.; Abrams, Amber; Hughes, Carol Ann; Merkle, Bethann Garramon; Clark, Beth; Tindale, Sophie

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105445

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“…Depending upon the overall planning objectives, in real‐world situations, these would likely include involvement of a large number of participants. Many stakeholder viewpoints could be included through questionnaires and discussion fora, and involve the wider public, sampled through workshops and surveys (Rust et al, 2021), or choice experiments (Badura et al, 2020), but taking care to minimise social biases if determining viewpoints through group activities such as discussions and workshops.…”

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Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning

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Conservation encompasses numerous alternative viewpoints on what to value (features suchas biodiversity, ecosystem services or socio-economic benefits) and how to convert these values into conservation policies that deliver for nature and people. Reconciling these differing values and viewpoints in policy development and implementation is a perennial challenge. 2. Balancing differing stakeholder viewpoints within a single conservation plan risks some viewpoints overshadowing others. This can occur as some dominant viewpoints may lead to more marginal views being suppressed, and also through social biases during the planning process. 3. Here we develop four separate 'caricature' conservation viewpoints, and spatially quantify each of them in order to test different approaches to equitable reconciliation. Each viewpoint prioritises different locations, dependent on the extent to which they deliver a variety of different biodiversity, well-being and economic goals. 4. We then show how these different viewpoints can be reconciled using numeric methods. We find that a pluralist approach, which accounts for the spatial similarities and differences between viewpoints, is able to deliver equitably for multiple conservation features. This pluralist approach provides a coherent spatial conservation strategy with the capacity to satisfy advocates of quite divergent approaches to conservation.People and Nature: Confidential review copy Viewpoints within the conservation community are often considered in terms of 'traditional' or 'new' conservation (Matulis and Moyer, 2017). 'Traditional' conservation follows an ecocentric viewpoint, conserving species diversity and natural habitats for their intrinsic value . It is often regarded as the antithesis of 'new' conservation, which follows a more anthropocentric viewpoint motivated by achieving conservation action through attaining economic and social benefit . However, this is a simplification of the diverse range of views on approaches to conservation. The Future of Conservation survey (http://futureconservation.org) sought to establish a framework to further categorise different viewpoints within conservation (https://www.futureconservation.org/about-the-debate) but in reality the views of conservation researchers and practitioners are spread over a continuum between and beyond these viewpoint groupings, with no clear 'camps , making it difficult to evaluate potential approaches against each other (Hunter Jr, Redford and Lindenmayer, 2014). It is not this work's aim to revisit debate about the relative merit of any conservation viewpoint. Rather, it accepts that there exists a breadth of viewpoints that need to be reconciled during conservation policy development, whilst recognising that conservation is likely to be more successful if focused on common ground within the conservation community .The important step of identifying and balancing stakeholder viewpoints is typically undertaken at the beginning of the planning process in an attempt to agree weightings or goals for diff...

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“…Previous researchers reported that articles containing figures increased citations because they clarify information for the reader (Tahamtan et al 2016). Likewise, strategic visualizations can help communicate research to a broad audience (Rust et al 2021).…”

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“…Likewise, strategic visualizations can help communicate research to a broad audience (Rust et al 2021).…”

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Getting cited early: influence of visibility strategies, structure, and focal system on early citation rates

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Elucidating factors that contribute to citation rates of scientific articles can help scientists write manuscripts that have a stronger influence on their scientific field and are accessible to a broad audience. Using a cohort of 778 articles published in The Journal of Wildlife Management from 2011–2015, we examined how visibility strategies, article structure, and focal system (all factors authors can predominantly control) influenced the accumulation of citations over various time frames within the first 5 years after publication, and the number of days until an article received its first citation. Visibility strategies (e.g., open access, increasing the Altmetric Attention Score, and self‐citations) all influenced the number of citations accrued following publication. Citations were more stochastic 1 year following publication compared to 5 years following publication, with only 20.1% of papers receiving a citation after 1 year compared to 92.5% of papers receiving a citation after 5 years. Our model explained much more of the variation after 5 years compared to after only 1 year (R2 = 0.57 and 0.12, respectively). The number of factors significantly associated with citation rates increased as the timeframe of our analysis increased. After 5 years, factors associated with article structure (e.g., number of references), focal system (e.g., methods papers), and visibility all increased citation counts of papers. Our work suggests citation rates within wildlife ecology are influenced by a number of controllable factors, and that authors pursuing a variety of visibility strategies can increase the influence of an article on science and management.

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“…As agroforestry can contribute to tree planting targets in a manner that allows farming activities to continue it strikes an important balance and may offer a winwin in certain contexts. From a more holistic perspective agroforestry is perceived to have a high aesthetic appeal (Rust et al, 2021) and could therefore contribute to the well-being that the public derive from the landscape (Surov a et al, 2018).…”

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Agroforestry in the UK: exploring consumer knowledge and interest

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PurposeThis paper's purpose is to explore the current interest and knowledge that UK consumers hold around agroforestry. Despite the many reported benefits of agroforestry systems, uptake in the UK, as well as other temperate nations, has been low. As the consumer has a role to play in the transition of agriculture to methods that are more environmentally friendly it is vital to have an understanding of their perceptions. Yet to date no work has looked at agroforestry from the perspective of the UK consumer.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was conducted using a convenience sample accessed by floating a link through social media and messaging apps. The survey was also shared to the members of a private Facebook group associated with an organic vegetable box service. A mix of multiple choice and open text boxes were used. The survey received 139 responses.FindingsNon-parametric tests indicate that this sample of UK consumers would be mostly likely to buy, and willing to pay more for, agroforestry produce; and the sample showed a split group regarding familiarity. Inductive thematic analysis of the qualitative data highlighted some important barriers to the purchase as well as capturing a snapshot of this sample's perceptions.Originality/valueThis paper presents, to the authors knowledge, the first set of data regarding a sample of UK consumers' perspective of agroforestry produce. The findings could bolster producers' confidence in adopting agroforestry practices, but also highlight the need for policymakers to bolster consumer support through parallel means.

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What does the UK public want farmland to look like?

Cited by 11 publications

References 60 publications

Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning

Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning

Getting cited early: influence of visibility strategies, structure, and focal system on early citation rates

Agroforestry in the UK: exploring consumer knowledge and interest

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