Far North Queensland

Authors

  • Brigitta Flick Department of Psychology, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns QLD 4879, Australia
  • Nerina Caltabiano Department of Psychology, James Cook University
  • Joan Bentrupperbaumer School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University

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https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.8.0.2009.3430

Abstract

Landowners (100 males and 21 females) within the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon located between the Barron and the South Johnstone Rivers responded to a postal survey assessing attitudes towards their streamside forests. 121 useable questionnaires were used to identify the underlying components within landowner's attitudes. Factor analysis revealed two components, namely, awareness of human impact on local streamside forest, and appreciation of environmental benefits and functions of streamside forest. Only factor 2, appreciation of environment benefits and functions of streamside forest, was found to significantly predict good streamside forest management practices as self-reported by landowners. There is a need to understand the human impact on streamside zones.

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Published

2009-07-01

How to Cite

Flick, B., Caltabiano, N., & Bentrupperbaumer, J. (2009). Far North Queensland. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 8. https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.8.0.2009.3430

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