Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia
Gorjanci, Haloze, Kum and Pohorje are four Slovenian areas in which the Natura 2000 network seeks to preserve important European habitat types of grasslands along with their species. This article presents a survey of attitudes towards nature conservation and Natura 2000 sites among farmers who in th...
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| author | Katja Vintar Mally Nejc Bobovnik Barbara Lampič Simon Kušar |
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| description | Gorjanci, Haloze, Kum and Pohorje are four Slovenian areas in which the Natura 2000 network seeks to preserve important European habitat types of grasslands along with their species. This article presents a survey of attitudes towards nature conservation and Natura 2000 sites among farmers who in the period 2015–2020 actively participated in a LIFE project aimed at the management and conservation of dry grasslands. Compared to other residents of Slovenia, the farmers participating in the project are more aware of Natura 2000 sites and have a more positive attitude towards them. As a result of the project, a significant share of farmers changed their views on the importance of preserving species-rich grasslands (58%) and on agricultural practices carried out in them (43%). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-044f37072b3742ec861abe0a67e777b72024-07-10T08:37:00ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Dela0354-05961854-10892021-12-015615717410.4312/dela.56.157-17417075Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern SloveniaKatja Vintar Mally0Nejc Bobovnik1Barbara Lampič2Simon Kušar3University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaGorjanci, Haloze, Kum and Pohorje are four Slovenian areas in which the Natura 2000 network seeks to preserve important European habitat types of grasslands along with their species. This article presents a survey of attitudes towards nature conservation and Natura 2000 sites among farmers who in the period 2015–2020 actively participated in a LIFE project aimed at the management and conservation of dry grasslands. Compared to other residents of Slovenia, the farmers participating in the project are more aware of Natura 2000 sites and have a more positive attitude towards them. As a result of the project, a significant share of farmers changed their views on the importance of preserving species-rich grasslands (58%) and on agricultural practices carried out in them (43%).https://journals.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/10715natura 2000dry grasslandsagricultureraising awarenessregional developmentslovenia |
| spellingShingle | Katja Vintar Mally Nejc Bobovnik Barbara Lampič Simon Kušar Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia Dela natura 2000 dry grasslands agriculture raising awareness regional development slovenia |
| title | Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia |
| title_full | Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia |
| title_short | Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia |
| title_sort | attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in eastern slovenia |
| topic | natura 2000 dry grasslands agriculture raising awareness regional development slovenia |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/10715 |
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