Collective action in invasive species control, and prospects for community-based governance: The case of serrated tussock ( Nassella trichotoma ) in New South Wales, Australia

Marshall, Graham R.; Coleman, Michael; Sindel, B. M.; Reeve, Ian; Berney, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.04.028

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“…Our finding regarding the importance and malleability of expected reciprocity is consistent with studies linking perceptions of expected reciprocity to collective environmental behavior (Lubell et al 2007), environmental policy support (Lubell et al 2006), and residents' invasive species control efforts in Hawaii (Niemiec et al 2016), Australia (Marshall et al 2016), and Montana (Lubeck 2018). We could not determine whether reciprocity significantly mediated the intervention effects on behavior because of our small sample size.…”

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“…; Marshall et al. ). In particular, our results suggest model landowners who are concerned about their reputations can be encouraged to recruit and coordinate with others for conservation causes.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…), Australia (Marshall et al. ), and Montana (Lubeck ). We could not determine whether reciprocity significantly mediated the intervention effects on behavior because of our small sample size.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Landholders’ unwillingness to work with their neighbors on management of invasive species may be due to landholder's beliefs that collective action may be ineffective and that others are too busy, are physically incapable, and prefer to work alone (Marshall et al. ).…”

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Motivating landowners to recruit neighbors for private land conservation

Niemiec

Willer

Ardoin

et al. 2019

Conservation Biology

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Encouraging motivated landowners to not only engage in conservation action on their own property but also to recruit others may enhance effectiveness of conservation on private lands. Landowners may only engage in such recruitment if they believe their neighbors care about the conservation issue, will positively respond to their conservation efforts, and are likely to take action for the conservation cause. We designed a series of microinterventions that can be added to community meetings to change these beliefs to encourage landowner engagement in recruitment of others. The microinterventions included neighbor discussion, public commitment making, collective goal setting, and increased observability of contributions to the conservation cause. In a field experiment, we tested whether adding microinterventions to traditional knowledge‐transfer outreach meetings changed those beliefs so as to encourage landowners in Hawaii to recruit their neighbors for private lands conservation. We delivered a traditional outreach meeting about managing the invasive little fire ant () to 5 communities and a traditional outreach approach with added microinterventions to 5 other communities. Analysis of pre‐ and post‐surveys of residents showed that compared with the traditional conservation outreach approach, the microinterventions altered a subset of beliefs that landowners had about others. These microinterventions motivated reputationally minded landowners to recruit and coordinate with other residents to control the invasive fire ant across property boundaries. Our results suggest integration of these microinterventions into existing outreach approaches will encourage some landowners to facilitate collective conservation action across property boundaries.

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Motivating landowners to recruit neighbors for private land conservation

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Ardoin

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Conservation Biology

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“…These two characteristics fit the Caribbean islands, and although these dynamics might not affect the structure of the configuration, they may affect its working in practice. It would be interesting to further research this, especially in light of the claims that are made regarding the performance of polycentric arrangements (Folke et al 2005, Pahl-Wostl and Knieper 2014, Marshall et al 2016. To what extent do such contextual factors affect the performance of polycentric arrangements?…”

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Who's in charge here anyway? Polycentric governance configurations and the development of policy on invasive alien species in the semisovereign Caribbean

Vaas¹,

Driessen²,

Giezen³

et al. 2017

E&S

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. 2017. Who's in charge here anyway? Polycentric governance configurations and the development of policy on invasive alien species in the semisovereign Caribbean. Ecology and Society 22 (4) ABSTRACT. We address the development of policy by polycentric governance configurations, taking Caribbean overseas territories and their advancements on invasive alien species (IAS) policy as an example. The British, Dutch, and French islands in the Caribbean address this matter to different degrees, which we analyzed through differences in their type of polycentric governance configuration with their respective European counterpart. We employ a continuum ranging from predominantly polycentric to predominantly monocentric governance configurations to characterize the three case studies. Based on semistructured interviews with government actors, park managers, and NGO employees on Anguilla, Guadeloupe, and St. Eustatius, plus a literature study, we characterize St. Eustatius as highly polycentric and Guadeloupe as becoming increasingly polycentric. Anguilla cannot be considered either of the two, given the virtually absent involvement of the UK. Policy development on IAS showed most progress in Guadeloupe, whereas in Anguilla and St. Eustatius, IAS management is ad hoc. Within these cases, the hampering effect of dispute about the functioning of the configuration was clear. For Guadeloupe, increasing autonomy to decide on policy priorities within a coherent system where standards are set and ample resources made available appears conducive to policy development. That same balance inherent to polycentric systems between autonomy and coherence is hard to strike for St. Eustatius, and currently mainly perceived as a trade-off, hampering policy development. By discussing these three cases, this study illustrates how different polycentric configurations can affect policy development.

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The Problem of Feral Hogs and the Challenges of Providing a Weak‐Link Public Good

Ellis¹,

Masters²,

Messer³

et al. 2020

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Feral hogs are an invasive species in the United States annually inflicting $1.5 billion in damages. Although interest in mitigating this grows, control spans properties and jurisdictions, creating challenges. Because landowners and local governments cannot capture the benefits of control that accrue beyond their boundaries, they generally underinvest. Worse, the weakest contributors constrain efforts. To offer insights into this problem, we synthesized studies on best management practices, invasive species, and weak‐link public goods. We also provide estimates of farmers' willingness‐to‐pay for control efforts, finding that they require financial assistance. Together, this suggests that more investment is necessary to manage feral hogs.

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Collective action in invasive species control, and prospects for community-based governance: The case of serrated tussock ( Nassella trichotoma ) in New South Wales, Australia

Cited by 64 publications

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Motivating landowners to recruit neighbors for private land conservation

Motivating landowners to recruit neighbors for private land conservation

Who's in charge here anyway? Polycentric governance configurations and the development of policy on invasive alien species in the semisovereign Caribbean

The Problem of Feral Hogs and the Challenges of Providing a Weak‐Link Public Good

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