Public policy, private landholders: perspectives on policy mechanisms for sustainable land management.

摘要: A variety of tools can be employed in support environmental policy objectives, but achieving preferred outcomes also requires the cooperation private landholders and others with vested interests land. The Land Stewardship project state Victoria, Australia, is an initiative devoted to exploring ways which could encouraged towards more sustainable land management. Following view that success initiatives contingent on effective stakeholder engagement, a component involved dialogue about (e.g., regulation, economic instruments) might deployed encourage improved management practices. This paper provides account views attitudes landholders, as revealed series three workshops, consisted discussions factors influencing agriculture, participants' interpretations sustainability, methods. focus what believe strengths limitations standard tools, essential requirements for these deliver best outcomes. One main findings was 'preference hierarchy' respect methods, according strongest expressed voluntary education-based followed by market-based instruments, command-and-control regulation identified measure 'last resort'. In we reflect how outlook should positioned relative other inputs design interventions.