Foundations of Cross-Boundary Cooperation: Resource Management at the Public–Private Interface

Bergmann, Stefan Andrew; Bliss, John C.

doi:10.1080/08941920490430142

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“…Autonomy is a fundamental value of landowners that influences their willingness to engage in conservation agreements or programs (Peterson and Horton 1995, Bergmann and Bliss 2004, Knobloch and Cawley 2005. Programs that are implemented with an autocratic administration structure inhibit landowners' ability to make self-directed choices and are likely to be perceived as controlling; these factors are likely to lower participation (DeCaro and Stokes 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Payment structure reflected how the profit payments would be disbursed to the landowner (Table 1). Because landowners often highly value the ability to make their own land-use decisions (Peterson and Horton 1995, Bergmann and Bliss 2004, Knobloch and Cawley 2005, our survey included a program administration component that varied the level of control landowners would have over the management and land practices required by the program (Table 1). We structured the obligation component as the burden the landowner would have toward maintaining tortoise habitat after the contract ends and if the species were to become listed under the ESA at some future date.…”

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Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

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Gartner

et al. 2013

Ecological Applications

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Abstract. Engaging private landowners in conservation activities for imperiled species is critical to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Market-based approaches can incentivize conservation behaviors on private lands by shifting the benefit-cost ratio of engaging in activities that result in net conservation benefits for target species. In the United States and elsewhere, voluntary conservation agreements with financial incentives are becoming an increasingly common strategy. While the influence of program design and delivery of voluntary conservation programs is often overlooked, these aspects are critical to achieving the necessary participation to attain landscape-scale outcomes. Using a sample of familyforest landowners in the southeast United States, we show how preferences for participation in a conservation program to protect an at-risk species, the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), are related to program structure, delivery, and perceived efficacy. Landowners were most sensitive to programs that are highly controlling, require permanent conservation easements, and put landowners at risk for future regulation. Programs designed with greater levels of compensation and that support landowners' autonomy to make land management decisions can increase participation and increase landowner acceptance of program components that are generally unfavorable, like long-term contracts and permanent easements. There is an inherent trade-off between maximizing participation and maximizing the conservation benefits when designing a conservation incentive program. For conservation programs targeting private lands to achieve landscape-level benefits, they must attract a critical level of participation that creates a connected mosaic of conservation benefits. Yet, programs with attributes that strive to maximize conservation benefits within a single agreement (and reduce risks of failure) are likely to have lower participation, and thus lower landscape benefits. Achieving levels of landowner participation in conservation agreement programs that deliver lasting, landscape-level benefits requires careful attention not only to how the program structure influences potential conservation benefits, but also how it influences landowners and their potential to participate.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Preferences For Program Componentsmentioning

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Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

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Gartner

et al. 2013

Ecological Applications

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“…Trust among those involved is critically important (Rickenbach and Reed 2002;Bergmann and Bliss 2004;Wagner et al 2007)-a potential challenge in places where landowners tend not to know their neighbors (Rickenbach and Kittredge 2009). Moreover, successful cooperation requires shared values and shared purpose, which are not synonymous (Rickenbach and Reed 2002;Gass et al 2009).…”

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Cross-boundary cooperation: A mechanism for sustaining ecosystem services from private lands

Rickenbach¹,

Schulte²,

Kittredge³

et al. 2011

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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“…According to Berlin et al (2006), owners who participate in these associations more often live and work on their forest properties and earn greater portions of their incomes from forestry than those who are not associated. In the USA, much research has explored the independence of family forest owners, with multiple explanatory factors suggested, including concerns about privacy Janota & Broussard, 2008), autonomy, property rights (Fischer & Bliss, 2009), wariness of regulatory and administrative burden (Bergmann & Bliss, 2004;Fischer & Bliss, 2006, 2009, a lack of institutions that facilitate cooperation (Wolf & Hufnagl-Eichiner, 2007) and a general lack of trust in government (e.g. Rickenbach & Reed, 2002;Bergmann & Bliss, 2004;Rickenbach et al, 2005).…”

Section: Multidimensional Forest Ownersmentioning

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From the small woodland problem to ecosocial systems: the evolution of social research on small-scale forestry in Sweden and the USA

Fischer

Bliss

Ingemarson

et al. 2010

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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This review article deals with the evolution of academic small-scale forestry research in Sweden and the USA from its early focus on timber supply to present-day interest in stewardship objectives, characteristics and attitudes. Aiming at identifying fresh opportunities for research on small-scale forestry, it reflects on the questions that have dominated the literature over the past quarter of a century, the socioeconomic conditions under which those questions arose, and their influence on the evolution of the field. The goal was to explore key drivers for research over the past 25 years and identify emerging research themes, and by that provide insight into what developments may make the research enterprise more fruitful. With some exceptions, it is based on articles in refereed journals and to academic theses covering the time span 1985Á2010. It reflects a reappraisal of the subject of the research and corresponding policies. Similar research tendencies are evident in both countries. Research historically focused on the practical problem of efficient production using a weak theoretical foundation. More recently, researchers have focused on understanding diverse motivations and roles that can be played. It is argued that the field of small-scale forestry research is ripe for new multidisciplinary approaches.

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Foundations of Cross-Boundary Cooperation: Resource Management at the Public–Private Interface

Cited by 67 publications

References 18 publications

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Cross-boundary cooperation: A mechanism for sustaining ecosystem services from private lands

From the small woodland problem to ecosocial systems: the evolution of social research on small-scale forestry in Sweden and the USA

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