Environment and Ecology

Farm households' behaviors and executive regulations under the compromise of environmental renovation and agricultural business: A case study on SADO Island, Japan

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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, CAS, Beijing 100101, China;
    2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 2011-02-21

  Revised date: 2011-06-27

  Online published: 2011-09-20

Abstract

Eco-environmental problems, especially those caused by resource shortage and excessive utilization, have become increasingly severe in China along with the high-speed economic development during the past few decades. Therefore, from a microscopic standpoint to analyze the practical problems of sustainable development and environment protection in the developed countries is of great significance to our amendment of regional development theory and implementation of policies and methods. Through four investigations on SADO Island, which is the last habitat for ibis in Japan, and deep interviews with the local government and residents, this paper reveals that after the announcement of ibis reintroduction promotion and creation of wild environment governance for ibis in SADO Island, a considerably large number of local peasants are against this due to the deterioration of agricultural production conditions and an increase in farm business cost. Therefore, the contradiction between environmental governance and regional development emerged and grew over time. The empirical study of Japan indicates that it is imperative to consider the development rights of less developed areas and the living rights of vulnerable groups, and it is of equal importance to allocate benefit from the public interest during the process of promotion for harmonious development between human and nature. Finally, it is urgent for the government to eliminate the inequity of allocation for ecological benefits and other related benefits, and to establish the Payment for Ecological Benefit system without delay.

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WANG Dai, ZHANG Wen-zhong, YU Jian-hui . Farm households' behaviors and executive regulations under the compromise of environmental renovation and agricultural business: A case study on SADO Island, Japan[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2011 , 30(9) : 1725 -1735 . DOI: 10.11821/yj2011090016

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