Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to Explore Forest Landowner Perspectives on Water Quality

IF 1.4 3区农林科学 Q2 FORESTRY

Small-Scale Forestry Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI:10.1007/s11842-024-09565-3

Luke H. Briccetti, Elizabeth M. B. Doran, Kimberly J. Coleman

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Family forest owners (FFOs) are critical stakeholders in ensuring many conservation outcomes, including improved water quality. In the highly forested Lake Champlain basin of Vermont, FFOs likely play a particularly important role in addressing water quality impairment. This study focused on FFOs’ thinking and decision-making around management practices on their land. Based on a dataset of 28 interviews collected using a semi-structured interview approach, the interviews were qualitatively coded and analyzed using the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change (TTM) framework. Our findings suggest that interviewed landowners were concerned about basin water quality but generally not aware of the connection between watershed health and actions taken on their particular forest parcel. We further describe how three TTM Processes of Change (helping relationships, consciousness raising, and environmental re-evaluation) may influence landowners’ decisions to manage their forests with water quality in mind. Our results suggest pathways for the design and targeting of behavioral change interventions based on the TTM that should inform landowner outreach as well as further research.

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利用行为改变的跨理论模型探讨林地所有者对水质的看法

家庭森林所有者（FFOs）是确保许多保护成果（包括改善水质）的关键利益相关者。在佛蒙特州森林覆盖率较高的尚普兰湖流域，家庭森林所有者可能在解决水质受损问题方面发挥着尤为重要的作用。本研究的重点是 FFOs 对其土地上的管理实践的思考和决策。在采用半结构化访谈法收集的 28 个访谈数据集的基础上，采用行为改变的跨理论模型 (TTM) 框架对访谈进行了定性编码和分析。我们的研究结果表明，受访的土地所有者关注流域水质，但普遍没有意识到流域健康与其在特定林地上采取的行动之间的联系。我们进一步描述了三个 TTM 变化过程（帮助关系、意识提升和环境再评价）如何影响土地所有者在管理森林时考虑到水质问题。我们的研究结果为基于 TTM 的行为改变干预措施的设计和定位提出了建议，为土地所有者的推广和进一步研究提供了参考。

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Small-Scale Forestry FORESTRY-

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3.10

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Emerging from discussions within IUFRO’s Small-scale Forestry group, Small-scale Forestry was originally published as Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy in 2002, with a view to providing an international forum for publishing high quality, peer-reviewed papers on pure and applied research into small-scale forestry. Although of particular interest to the global research community, the journal is also relevant to both policy makers and forest managers. The scope of the journal is necessarily quite broad, given the range of issues relevant to small-scale forestry. These include the social, economic and technical dimensions of farm, family, non-industrial, agro- and community forestry. Papers are accepted on the basis that they relate specifically to forestry at this scale, and that they are based on high quality research using accepted quantitative and/or qualitative methodology. Empirical, theoretical, modeling, and methodological papers are all welcome. The following research areas are particularly relevant to the journal: -the role of small-scale forestry in rural development- financial modeling and decision support systems- enhancing return from non-wood products- social impacts of small-scale forestry- marketing, forest co-operatives and growers organizations- role and effectiveness of government support and subsidies- innovative research techniques- education and extension- certification- silvicultural, wood harvesting and processing techniques and technologies- impediments to small-scale forestry development- monitoring socio-economics- forest management behaviour and timber supply