Factors associated with landowner involvement in forest conservation programs in the U.S.: Implications for policy design and outreach

Ma, Zhao; Butler, Brett J.; Kittredge, David B.; Catanzaro, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.05.004

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“…http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss2/art46/ There is similar disagreement in the literature on the influence of recreational land use and conservation behavior, with some studies identifying recreational benefits as key drivers of conservation behavior (Bliss 1989, Koontz 2001, Brenner et al 2013) and others finding it to be inconsequential (Bourke and Luloff 1994). Often, recreational benefits are cited in the context of nonmonetary benefits of land ownership and can include preserving forest land for hiking (Koontz 2001), wildlife viewing (Campbell andKittredge 1996, Koontz 2001), and landscape aesthetics (Koontz 2001, Erickson et al 2002, Ma et al 2012.…”

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Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure

Farmer¹,

Brenner²,

Drescher³

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT. As natural areas, agricultural lands, and open spaces continue to be developed at unprecedented rates, it is important for land conservation professionals to understand the individuals who might play a role in permanently protecting these lands and their ecological services. Many factors have been shown to influence land protection decisions among private owners, including land-use activities, demographic characteristics, and environmental intention and behavior. With the hypothesis that individuals already involved in land conservation programs would be candidates for permanent protection, we set out to model conservation easement decisions within a group of participants in southern Indiana's Classified Forest and Wildlands Program (ICFWP). We used a mailed questionnaire to survey 500 landowners, garnering 308 responses, about their interest in conservation easements. Our results indicated significant positive relationships between interest in conservation easements with variables representing perception of landscape change, outdoor recreation behavior as an adult, and environmental organization membership. By better understanding the ways these factors promote permanent land-use decisions, land conservation professionals can better allocate limited resources through strategic investments in targeting and outreach.

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Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure

Farmer¹,

Brenner²,

Drescher³

et al. 2016

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“…Open space programs, federal and state tax laws as well as the strong presence of civil society organizations such as land trusts and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) offer a large number of incentives and opportunities to private landowners to engage voluntarily (George 2002;Ma et al 2012). Conservation easements, conservation contracts, provisions under the Farm Bill such as the Conservation Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program are a few examples of the many tools that support voluntary private land conservation in the US (Rissman et al 2006;USDA-ERS 2014).…”

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Challenges and opportunities in biodiversity conservation on private land: an institutional perspective from Central Europe and North America

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Private land is gradually emerging as a global biodiversity conservation strategy for its potential to complement the existing protected area model in its attempt to halt the global biodiversity loss. However, involving private lands in conserving a public good face continuous challenges. While examining landowners' motivations for conserving their land is imperative to its success, it is equally important to assess how other stakeholder groups perceive private land conservation. In order to capture the diversity and contrasts in implementing private land conservation, this research focuses on investigating the managerial perspectives on the status of private land conservation in two countries: USA and Poland. The paper presents the results of twenty five in-depth interviews that were conducted in the two countries. The US context, with a longer history and experience, captured complex interactions and factors that influence private land conservation, including role of conservation policies, civic sector organizations, stakeholder collaboration, technical and financial support, and nonmonetary motivations of landowners. The Polish context however, was limited to the regulatory model and as such did not differentiate private land conservation from traditional protected areas. Additionally, the lack of voluntary initiatives along with adequate policies and lack of awareness on private land conservation at a national and local level contributed to limited scope and understanding on the subject. The two case studies highlight the context dependency of such a strategy and bring to focus some of the factors that should be addressed while adopting conservation on private land as a biodiversity conservation strategy.

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“…When we consider the stakeholders who provide ecosystem services in PES programs, they are usually located in rural area [8][9][10]. Pagiola et al [11] divide the factors affecting farmers' participation in PES programs into three groups: eligibility, desirability, and ability, with passive or active characteristics.…”

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Identification of Non-economic Influencing Factors Affecting Farmer’s Participation in the Paddy Landto-Dry Land Program in Chicheng County, China

Yuan

Liu

et al. 2017

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Abstract:There is global enthusiasm for payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs to solve environmental problems, including in China. However, PES programs in China go against the principle of 'voluntary transaction', which weakens the influences of economic factors on farmers' participation decisions and makes it hard to reveal their influence on farmers' participation willingness. Using household survey data and a logistic regression model, this study attempts to understand the influencing factors of farmers' decision-making on involvement in PES projects for hypothetical voluntary participation and focuses on whether the farmer would reject the program if the payment stopped. A surprising but promising result is found in the case of the Paddy Land-to-Dry Land (PLDL) program in Chicheng County, China, wherein, apart from the negative impact of education and the positive effect of off-farm income, two non-economic factors play a significant role in farmers' participation. The one is basic cognition, which negatively affects farmers' participation, and the other is inner altruistic motivation, which positively contributes to the participation. In addition, the high proportion of reconversion to paddy land after the payment period threatens the long-term sustainability of the PLDL program. Faced with the low education and environmental cognition statuses in remote agricultural areas, increasing educational quality and promoting the popular awareness of PES programs in rural areas should be highlighted in sustaining the efficiency and effectiveness of PES programs in the long run.

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Factors associated with landowner involvement in forest conservation programs in the U.S.: Implications for policy design and outreach

Cited by 112 publications

References 28 publications

Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure

Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure

Challenges and opportunities in biodiversity conservation on private land: an institutional perspective from Central Europe and North America

Identification of Non-economic Influencing Factors Affecting Farmer’s Participation in the Paddy Landto-Dry Land Program in Chicheng County, China

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