Graduate Research Assistant Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
This study explores the influence of attitudinal attributes on non-industrial private forest landowners intent to adopt carbon-based forest management on marginal land. It aims to inform strategies aligning with environmental goals and social dynamics by examining the impact of environmental psychological factors, assesses factors affecting landowners' willingness to participate.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
List the factors influencing the attitudes and perceptions of NIPF landowners regarding carbon-based forest management.
Describe how understanding these factors informs strategies aligning with environmental goals and regional social dynamics.
Conduct an analysis of how NIPF landowners engage with their forestland.
Define the impact of environmental psychological factors, including attitudes, beliefs, norms, and behavior, on landowners acceptance of carbon-based forest management.
Demonstrate the assessment of interdependence among landowner's beliefs, values, actions in carbon-based forest management, utilizing the theory of planned behavior.
Estimate the readiness of NIPF landowners to engage in carbon credit programs.
Upon completion, participants will:
Identify factors influencing landowner's willingness to accept (WTA) payment for decreasing CO2 emissions via carbon-based forest management.
Describe contingent valuation method for estimating WTA for forest carbon credits.
Discuss implications of findings for designing policies incentivizing landowner participation in carbon sequestration initiatives.
Note:
We have sent survey to people and have also started getting responses but I am not sure if we would be able to run data analysis part and present the result by the time. But I hope to share as many information as possible through this conference as it is very important topic.
