Social Indicators: a Tool for Increasing Conservation Adoption
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 4, 2011 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:10 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Reviewed for Continued Content Relevance: 08/2016
Presenter(s):
- Linda Prokopy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
- Ken Genskow, Ph.D., Water Resources Specialist, Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
View this webinar to learn about the social dimensions of watershed management and how understanding farmers can help increase the adoption of conservation practices.
This webinar provides an overview and background for social indicators related to resource management, the development process for social indicators in EPA Region 5, and a case study from the Little Calumet-Gallien Watershed in NW Indiana. Insights from the case study include how the size of a farming operation affects a producer's perception of environmental issues, where farmers get conservation information, and the types of conservation practices they are willing to implement. The webinar concludes with a demonstration of SIDMA: Social Indicators Data Management and Analysis Tool, an online system that uses statistical and spatial relationships to help organize, analyze, and visualize social indicators related to nonpoint source management efforts. This webinar presents social aspects of conservation adoption to support activities in the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative.
This webinar is sponsored by the USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center.
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