Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19675
Title: Ecological restoration of rural landscapes: stewardship, governance and fairness
Contributor(s): Martin, Paul  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12411
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19675
Abstract: Much rural environmental policy reflects a largely unquestioned belief that if farmers' stewardship ethos could be improved, unsustainable land use would largely be resolved. This article suggests that though a high level of farmer commitment to sustainable land use is necessary for effective stewardship, this is far from sufficient to achieve the desired ends. This article highlights institutional challenges that are not being adequately addressed and poses unanswered questions for public policy and research. These arise from issues that include land tenure norms and rules; governance complexity and fragmentation causing transaction costs and frustration; and problems of fairness related partly to the economic incapacity of some landholders to do what is needed for sustainable land use. This article suggests rural natural resource governance should consider more carefully the accountability of government and the socioeconomic issues of rural sustainability.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Restoration Ecology, 24(5), p. 680-685
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1526-100X
1061-2971
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 480203 Environmental law
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960799 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190299 Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
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