Sammanfattning

Successful conservation efforts require understanding predictors of private-land stewardship (PLS), its definitions, and what people feel they owe stewardship responsibility to. Various strands of research have touched on the concept, but there is little research focusing on how it is communicated and enacted among the lay public, especially among Latinos. We used a case study in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas to address this gap by identifying and assessing Latino views of PLS. Our results indicate positive relationships between self-identification as a land steward, male gender, and agricultural-land ownership. Respondents associated PLS with property maintenance (60%), natural-resource conservation (14%), and addressing pollution problems (21%). They viewed PLS as a responsibility owed to family rather than to a larger community.

Nyckelord

Conservation; Gender; Hispanic; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Mexico; Property Rights; Trans-boundary

Publicerad i

Environmental Communication
2010, Volym: 4, nummer: 4, sidor: 406-421
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Peterson, Tarla

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

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UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2010.520723

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47756