Abstract
Achieving small-scale farmers’ support and understanding the simultaneous role of environmental and socio-economic determinants of tree planting is a prerequisite for sustainable agricultural landscapes in the Czech Republic. There are already several empirical studies on factors affecting tree planting but lacking a comprehensive combination of environmental and socio-economic determinants. Thus, identifying key factors influencing tree planting in rural areas is becoming more important. Accordingly, this study identified the determinants of tree planting using a mixed method to combine environmental and socio-economic indicators by first, exploring the correlation between each individual socio-economic factors of tree planting (e.g., type of land ownership, level of income), and then, developing a conceptual model to clarify key factors and their extent of impact on tree planting. Then, this study investigated the correlation of environmental indicators such as soil erosion and hydrology. Overall, unlike many previous studies that focused on either environmental or socio-economic factors, the present study’s conceptual model attempted to reveal that both factors play a role in encouraging small-scale farmers to plant trees on their farms rather than converting them to agricultural lands.
Presenters
Saghi Movahhed MoghaddamStudent, PhD, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic Jan Vanek
PhD student, Department of Landscape and Urban Planning, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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KEYWORDS
Adaptation to climate change, Tree planting, Hydrological conditions, Sustainability
