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Highlights of National Survey of Farmers Attitudes to Environmental Resource Management

Most discussions of environmental crime focus upon large-scale pollution; e.g. of rivers or oceans, where there is no clear victim. This research examined environmental crime that occurs on farms where individual farmers are victims. The study also gathered information on the things farmers are currently doing on their properties and in their communities that contribute to environmental sustainability. All too often farmers are blamed for environmental degradation, and the positive contribution that farmers make to environmental sustainability is overlooked. Farmers’ attitudes to various environmental issues were also explored. The results presented here come from the 1,926 respondents to a survey mailed in May 2008 to 5,000 farmers located across Australia.

For more information, see the project page for Order with and without Law: Understanding Perceptions and Attitudes towards Formal and Informal Controls of Environmental Resource Transgressions, or contact the researcher, Dr Elaine Barclay.

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