A systems approach to evaluating sustainability of biofuel systems

RB Mangoyana, TF Smith, R Simpson - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
Biofuels are evolving in complex systems of interrelating environmental, economic and
social issues. For this reason a number of sustainability criteria covering these issues have …

Roll-out neoliberalism and hybrid practices of regulation in Australian agri-environmental governance

S Lockie, V Higgins - The Rural, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
In the last 15 years, agri-environmental programmes in Australia have been underpinned by
a neoliberal regime of governing which seeks to foster participation and 'bottom-up'change …

[图书][B] Sustainability and change in rural Australia

C Cocklin, J Dibden - 2005 - books.google.com
By addressing themes such as social and economic change, government policy and gender
relations, this volume tackles the thematic complexities of sustainability. At the heart of this …

Development of agri-environmental indicators to assess dairy farm sustainability in Quebec, Eastern Canada

V Bélanger, A Vanasse, D Parent, G Allard… - Ecological indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Agri-environmental indicators are commonly used to assess agricultural sustainability. In
North America, few are designed to be easily used by dairy farmers. As farmers assume …

Landholder profiling and typologies for natural resource–management policy and program support: potential and constraints

N Emtage, J Herbohn, S Harrison - Environmental Management, 2007 - Springer
The use of landholder typologies to aid the development, implementation, and monitoring
natural-resource management (NRM) policies and programs has increased considerably …

Re-discovering the social: neo-liberalism and hybrid practices of governing in rural natural resource management

V Higgins, S Lockie - Journal of Rural Studies, 2002 - Elsevier
Since the 1980s, natural resource management (NRM) in rural Australia has been
underpinned by rationalities and technologies of governing that constitute agricultural …

Practice change, participation and policy settings: a review of social and institutional conditions influencing water quality outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef

BM Taylor, R Eberhard - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is rapidly declining, driven by multiple stressors
including land-based impacts on water quality. For over fifteen years Australian …

Networks of agri‐environmental action: Temporality, spatiality and identity in agricultural environments

S Lockie - Sociologia ruralis, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering new networks between state agencies, farmers and other actors is central to
contemporary agri‐environmental policy. This article examines relationships between …

Vale Landcare: the rise and decline of community-based natural resource management in rural Australia

R Tennent, S Lockie - Journal of Environmental Planning and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
For almost two decades, community Landcare groups and supporting institutional bodies
were the focus of agri-environmental policy in Australia. Despite the successes of Landcare …

Benchmarking the environmental performance of specialized milk production systems: selection of a set of indicators

W Mu, CE Van Middelaar, JM Bloemhof, B Engel… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dairy production across the world contributes to environmental impacts such as
eutrophication, acidification, loss of biodiversity, and use of resources, such as land, fossil …