Attitudes of farmers towards nature conservation in selected areas of dry grasslands in Eastern Slovenia

Vintar Mally, Katja (author), Bobovnik, Nejc (author), Lampič, Barbara (author), Kušar, Simon (author)

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%).

• Language: English
• Keywords: agriculture, environmental protection, dry grasslands, regional development, Slovenia
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 157-174
• Numbering: [Št.] 56
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165019
• UDC: 63:502/504(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0354-0596
• DOI: 10.4312/dela.56.157-174
• COBISS.SI-ID: 97722627
• Publication date in RUL: 21.11.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Dela
• Publisher: Oddelek za geografijo Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Oddelek za geografijo Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0354-0596
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23805442

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Odnos kmetov do varstva narave na izbranih območjih suhih travišč v vzhodni Sloveniji

Abstract

Gorjanci, Haloze, Kum in Pohorje so štiri slovenska območja, na katerih se v okviru omrežja Natura 2000 skuša ohranjati evropsko pomembne habitatne tipe travišč ter njihove rastlinske in živalske vrste. Članek predstavlja rezultate anketiranja o odnosu do varstva narave in območij Natura 2000 med kmeti, ki so na teh območjih v obdobju 2015–2020 aktivno sodelovali v LIFE projektu, namenjenem upravljanju in ohranjanju suhih travišč. V primerjavi z drugimi prebivalci Slovenije so v projektu sodelujoči kmetje bolj ozaveščeni o Natura 2000 območjih in imajo do njih bolj pozitiven odnos, zaradi projekta pa je pomemben delež kmetov spremenil pogled na pomen ohranjanja vrstno pestrih travišč (58 %) oziroma na kmetijske prakse na njih (43 %).

• Keywords: kmetijstvo, varstvo okolja, suha travišča, regionalni razvoj, Slovenija