The role of social and personal norms in biodiversity conservation: A segmentation of Swiss farmers

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 377, P. 124605 - 124605

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

The agricultural sector is a major contributor to global biodiversity loss. Ecological focus areas (EFAs), such as extensively used meadows, hedges, and buffer strips, are cornerstone in promoting conservation. Previous research highlights social personal norms strong predictors of farmers' efforts conserve biodiversity. Accordingly, we aim segment Swiss farmers according their analyze how these segments differ terms pro-environmental behavior. Furthermore, interested whether farmer's self-efficacy, the importance farm sales payments, political priorities, socio-demographic characteristics. For empirical analyses, unique dataset combining data from survey (N = 882) with on registered EFAs Agricultural Information System. We explored based responses four items capturing toward conservation using latent class analysis. To estimate mean differences between segments, an analysis variance covariance. Our results showed that farmer high implemented more than those lower norms. Moreover, were associated enhanced higher payments for income, stronger priority environmental policies, less intensive production practices. This study informs policymakers designing norm interventions that, example, include information about society's approval efforts.

Language: Английский

Connecting habitats in European agricultural landscapes: Farmers’ spatial preferences for linear wildlife corridors

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 258, P. 105325 - 105325

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский