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TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a nuanced and targeted forest and peat fires prevention policy
T2 - Insight from psychology
AU - Trihadmojo, B.
AU - Jones, C.R.
AU - Prasastyoga, B.
AU - Walton, C.
AU - Sulaiman, A.
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Forest Policy and Economics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Forest Policy and Economics, 120, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102293
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Indonesian forest and peat fires have become global concern. Not only the fires have caused regional environmental and humanitarian crises, they also have exacerbated global climate change. Radical and rapid land use change couple with irresponsible practice of clearing land through burning are key contributing factors. In response, the Indonesian government issued a strict ban on the practice. While this policy outcome continues to shortfall, it implicates traditional farmers whose subsistence depends on such a practice. This reality necessitates effort to develop a more nuanced and targeted intervention. Thus, this study examines individual's intention to clear land using fire. We surveyed 151 Indonesian traditional farmers based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the Norm Activation Model (NAM) and past behavior. We identified the TPB, which is augmented by the past behavior and awareness of consequences, as the optimal model for explaining variance in the intention. Implications for developing more effective educational campaigns are discussed.
AB - Indonesian forest and peat fires have become global concern. Not only the fires have caused regional environmental and humanitarian crises, they also have exacerbated global climate change. Radical and rapid land use change couple with irresponsible practice of clearing land through burning are key contributing factors. In response, the Indonesian government issued a strict ban on the practice. While this policy outcome continues to shortfall, it implicates traditional farmers whose subsistence depends on such a practice. This reality necessitates effort to develop a more nuanced and targeted intervention. Thus, this study examines individual's intention to clear land using fire. We surveyed 151 Indonesian traditional farmers based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the Norm Activation Model (NAM) and past behavior. We identified the TPB, which is augmented by the past behavior and awareness of consequences, as the optimal model for explaining variance in the intention. Implications for developing more effective educational campaigns are discussed.
KW - Burning
KW - Forest and peat fires
KW - Forest management
KW - Norm Activation Model
KW - Theory of Planned Behavior
KW - Climate change
KW - Forestry
KW - Land use
KW - Peat
KW - Activation models
KW - Contributing factor
KW - Educational campaigns
KW - Global climate changes
KW - Land-use change
KW - Policy outcomes
KW - Prevention policy
KW - Fires
U2 - 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102293
DO - 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102293
M3 - Journal article
VL - 120
JO - Forest Policy and Economics
JF - Forest Policy and Economics
SN - 1389-9341
M1 - 102293
ER -