RP228 Landholder Stewardship Research to understand the human dimensions influencing land management practice change in Great Barrier Reef catchments (Old ID 27051)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Focussing on the sugarcane and grazing industries in GBR catchments, this project will address Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan knowledge needs by synthesising existing knowledge around human dimensions and improved land management practice adoption. It will explore potential solutions to several knowledge gaps through a number of discrete, multilayered and integrated action-based research foci (ABRF). The focus of targeted investigations emerging from the literature review include: a) causes of transaction costs incurred by graziers when improving land management practice (and approaches to overcome these); b) the impact of social capital, trust and power dynamics on technology adoption (cane growers) and c) grazier perceived and actual risk of engagement in improved land management practices and programs.
Date
20 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2021
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Land management practice;Transaction Costs;Land Managers;Social Capital;Risk;Trust
Funding Body
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (QDESI)
Amount
7349
Project Team
N/A