Community attitudes towards water management in the Moore Catchment,Western Australia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. CESAM—Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;2. Department of Biosystems Sciences and Engineering, School of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal;3. Department of Planning and Information, Portuguese Environmental Agency, Porto, Portugal;1. Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand;2. School of Science and Health, The University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC 1797, New South Wales, Australia;3. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia;1. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, Pisa, Italy;2. Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science, Section of Woody Plant, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy;3. Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di ricerca per la viticoltura, Via Romea 53, Arezzo, Italy;4. Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Largo P. Braccini 2, Grugliasco, TO, Italy;5. Associazione Toscana Costitutori Viticoli, via Vecchia di Marina 6, San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy;1. School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;2. CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia;3. McDonald Speijers, Mining, Geological and Statistical Consultants, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia;4. Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;1. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Openhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;2. School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom;3. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;4. Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa;1. University of Antwerp, Department of Engineering Management, Belgium;2. University of Antwerp, Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Belgium;3. CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium;4. Open University of the Netherlands, Faculty of Science, the Netherlands;5. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Biology Department, Belgium;6. Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Science, Belgium;7. Bahir Dar University, Department of Economics, Ethiopia;8. Ghent University, Department of Geography, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The Moore Catchment, which lies to the north of Perth in Western Australia, suffers from a number of problems related to water management. Farmers want to manage salinity and waterlogging problems through the use of drains, but this has possible negative off-farm impacts on both the environment and flood risk. Views on responsibilities for managing water within the catchment differ between farmers, local communities and government agencies. This paper reports the results from surveys of attitudes towards catchment management, for two community groups: residents of Perth and residents of rural towns in the catchment. These surveys elicited general attitudes towards the environment and agriculture, and views on responsibilities for managing the catchment. It also included a choice modelling section, where the attributes under consideration included the area of land under salt and trees, ecological risks to off-farm wetlands and risk of flooding, farm incomes and personal financial contributions to a management fund. Preliminary results indicate that residents of both rural towns and Perth are willing to pay to avoid damage to the natural environment, both on and off-farm, as well as the risk of flooding. Perhaps more surprisingly, whether farmers’ incomes were being negatively affected in a choice set has a very strong impact on the choice made. |
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