Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60816
Title: The Social-Ecological System of Farmers’ Current Soil Carbon Management in Australian Grazing Lands
Contributor(s): Amin, Md Nurul  (author); Lobry De Bruyn, Lisa  (author)orcid ; Hossain, Md Sarwar (author); Lawson, Andrew  (author)orcid ; Wilson, Brian  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2023-08
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-023-01801-4
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60816
Abstract: 

Soil carbon sequestration programmes are a way of offsetting GHG emissions, however, it requires agricultural landholders to be engaged in such initiatives for carbon offsets to occur. Farmer engagement is low in market-based programmes for soil carbon credits in Australia. We interviewed long-term practitioners (n = 25) of rotational grazing in high-rainfall lands of New South Wales, Australia to understand their current social-ecological system (SES) of soil carbon management (SCM). The aim was to identify those components of the SES that motivate them to manage soil carbon and also influence their potential engagement in soil carbon sequestration programmes. Utilising first-tier and second-tier concepts from Ostrom’s SES framework, the interview data were coded and identified a total of 51 features that characterised the farmers’ SES of SCM. Network analysis of farmer interview data revealed that the current SES of SCM has low connectivity among the SES features (30%). In four workshops with interviewed farmers (n = 2) and invited service providers (n = 2) the 51 features were reviewed and participants decided on the positioning and the interactions between features that were considered to influence SCM into a causal loop diagram. Post-workshop, 10 feedback loops were identified that revealed the different and common perspectives of farmers and service providers on SCM in a consolidated causal loop diagram. Defining the SES relationships for SCM can identify the challenges and needs of stakeholders, particularly farmers, which can then be addressed to achieve local, national and international objectives, such as SCM co-benefits, GHG reduction, carbon sequestration targets and SDGs.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Environmental Management, v.72, p. 294-308
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1432-1009
0364-152X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 3002 Agriculture, land and farm management
4802 Environmental and resources law
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190205 Environmental protection frameworks (incl. economic incentives)
190207 Land policy
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Law

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