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commitment to, and operation of, the EMSs. Social factors enhance the
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difficult, measuring changes in social interactions not easily achievable and not
well recognised or rewarded by outside stakeholders. The development of
improved mechanisms for valuing social factors in agricultural contexts, better
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Enhancing the social content of environmental management systems in Australian agriculture</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Carruthers, Genevieve</span> and <span class="person_name">Vanclay, Frank</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Enhancing the social content of environmental management systems in Australian agriculture.</xhtml:em> International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 6 (3). pp. 326-340. ISSN 1462-4605</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_3523' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2662/1/0703Vanclay.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_3523' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_3523"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2662/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2662/1/0703Vanclay.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />138Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2007.012840">http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2007.012840</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Despite criticism that Environmental Management Systems (EMSs)
do not address social aspects, a review of the EMS implementation on
Australian farms revealed that there were many social dimensions to the EMS.
While these were not necessarily explicitly recognised by the farmers, certifiers
and/or regulators, these social factors were very important to the ongoing
commitment to, and operation of, the EMSs. Social factors enhance the
operation of the EMS, reinforce initial motivations and have major benefits
for the farm business. However, gaining recognition of these factors was
difficult, measuring changes in social interactions not easily achievable and not
well recognised or rewarded by outside stakeholders. The development of
improved mechanisms for valuing social factors in agricultural contexts, better
understanding of the roles of these factors amongst EMS certifiers and
advisors, and more explicit acknowledgement of the importance of these
factors on overall farm management is required.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Environmental Management Systems; EMSs; ISO 14001;
agriculture; farm management; social indicators; natural resource management.</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2662</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Dec 2007 08:16</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2662;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2662">item control page</a></p>
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