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  • Crown land management from a volunteer perspective: The Victorian example

    Author(s)
    Lockstone-Binney, Leonie
    Whitelaw, Paul A
    Binney, Wayne
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Lockstone-Binney, Leonie
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    A legion of 8000 volunteer committee members work behind the scenes to manage Crown land reserves across Victoria, also undertaking on-ground works and a multitude of other tasks to safeguard the upkeep of natural and built public assets. These local Committees of Management operate in a largely delegated manner on behalf of the Victorian Government. A number of societal trends appear to be threatening their work. This exploratory study asked a small non-representative sample of committee members, in group interviews, to assess their motives for undertaking this unpaid service and their perceptions of the key challenges ...
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    A legion of 8000 volunteer committee members work behind the scenes to manage Crown land reserves across Victoria, also undertaking on-ground works and a multitude of other tasks to safeguard the upkeep of natural and built public assets. These local Committees of Management operate in a largely delegated manner on behalf of the Victorian Government. A number of societal trends appear to be threatening their work. This exploratory study asked a small non-representative sample of committee members, in group interviews, to assess their motives for undertaking this unpaid service and their perceptions of the key challenges associated with volunteering in public land management. The interviews identified four motivations to explain committee participation: (1) community improvement; (2) family legacy; (3) user group representation; and (4) socialising. The implications of these findings for government and communities, in terms of attracting new recruits to Committees of Management and retaining the existing cohort of experienced members, are discussed.
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    Journal Title
    Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
    Volume
    23
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2015.1094751
    Subject
    Environmental sciences
    Human society
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Environmental Studies
    Environmental Sciences & Ecology
    Volunteering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/407058
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