Fig. 2.

Cattle ranchers’ motivations for protecting or recovering forests (top) (n = 76 ranchers, 96 extension agents), and for protecting and recovering riparian buffers (bottom) (n = 74 ranchers, 96 extension agents). Items are listed from most to least important according to ranchers. Extension agents’ responses reflect the estimated importance of the item among their group of ranchers. (*) Significant differences between ranchers and extension agents (X², P < 0.05); NA = Items were not available in one of the surveys