Quantifying the contribution of conservation easements to large-landscape conservation

Graves, Rose A.; Williamson, Matthew A.; Belote, R. Travis; Brandt, Jodi S.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.024

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“…Specifically, by increasing the collaboration between NGOs, such as land trust organizations, and interdisciplinary scientists, similar research on public areas can help to answer important management questions while developing applied solutions for conservation (Knight et al 2008;Bennett et al 2017). While this study provides a case study example on how to apply interdisciplinary research methods to land trust conservation easement efforts, future studies should closely collaborate with conservation organizations throughout the entire research process in order to achieve the best results for conservation management and decision (Graves et al 2019).…”

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An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States

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Conservation easements are the fastest growing private conservation strategy in the United States. However, mechanisms to assess private land conservation as well as their support by the general public are not well understood. This study uses the ecosystem services framework for assessing existing private lands in Idaho and identifies areas for future conservation easements. Using conservation targets of the land trust as a guide for selecting ecosystem services, we (a) mapped the spatial delivery of conservation targets across public and private lands, (b) explored public awareness in terms of social importance and vulnerability, and (c) mapped future priority areas by characterizing conservation bundles. We found that public lands provided the highest levels of conservation targets, and we found no difference in conservation target provision between private areas and conservation easements. The spatial characterization of conservation target bundles identified potential future priority areas for conservation easements, which can guide planning of land trust conservation efforts.

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An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States

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“…Conservation easements (CEs) are voluntary legal agreements restricting some property rights with the aim to protect biodiversity. Demanders − typically land trusts or government agencies -buy, or are granted certain property rights on land, and become responsible for the monitoring and protection of this land under specific conservation values (Horton et al 2017;Graves et al 2019). Landowners giving up part of their rights may receive some financial benefits, including income, tax credits, or tax relief on their depreciated property value.…”

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“…Landowners are significantly motivated by these financial incentives to place a CE, for instance on their inferior land (Bastian 2017). This arrangement is beneficial for both parties: the land owner does not lose the land entirely, and the land trust does not need significant resources for land buying-out (Horton et al 2017;Graves et al 2019). Direct payment programs, conservation developments, habitat exchanges (species banking), forest or rangeland carbon offsets, grassbanking, pop-up habitats are common tools through which land trusts may ensure the biodiversity conservation of privatelyowned land (Bennett et al 2018).…”

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“…In long-lasting democracies worldwide, such private or community initiatives have a long tradition and have been sufficiently mapped (Campopiano 2006;Bennett et al 2018;Graves et al 2019); in post-socialist European countries; however, newborn grassroots conservation movements have received little attention in academic literature (Librová & Pelikán 2016;Balázsi 2018;Ratinger et al 2020). The goal of this study is threefold.…”

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AbstractAlthough private or community initiatives for biodiversity conservation (such as land trusts) have a strong tradition in many countries, rigorous evidence of recently evolved movements in post-socialist countries is missing. This study describes the evolution of Czech land trust movement and analyses their representatives’ motivation for engagement in biodiversity conservation. It also investigates the intensity of interaction among public and land trust conservation efforts. For this purpose, we identified localities in which the territory managed by Czech land trusts overlaps with small-scale public nature reserves managed by regional governments. We conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with representatives of all NGOs and regional officials in-charge. Our qualitative analysis revealed that some regional biodiversity conservation officials see land trusts as partners, but others are rather indifferent to, or uninformed about, their activities. Additionally, land trust representatives see themselves as complementing the public effort: their main motivation for engagement is to facilitate biodiversity conservation in addition to the public provision.

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“…for Idaho and Montana (summarized by hunter unit and harvest using any weapon), the number of conservation easements for the study area and the area of wildland-urban interface (WUI; IDFG 2017; MFWP 2017; Graves, Williamson, Belote, & Brandt 2019;Radeloff et al 2005). These spatial predictors capture the actions of individuals who live near the ranch and assume that there is some spatial clustering of various social groups.…”

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A special thanks to Rose Graves for answering so many of my questions and providing mentorship for my thesis and career early on. I'm lucky to be a part of two wonderful groups-the CoCo lab and HES. I will miss the weekly lab meetings and friendships that have grown over the two years here. This research would not have been possible without generous support from both the Human-Environment Systems group at Boise State and the NASA Epscor program. I also want to thank the Biology Department for providing travel funding to conferences. I want to also thank my advisor, Neil Carter and my committee, Amy Ulappa, Jesse Barber and Vicken Hillis. Their input and excitement for my research was motivating and made the work fun. In particular, Neil helped me to navigate the world of science and gave me opportunities to join in conservation work in multiple different ways. Thank you for your mentorship and friendship. Finally, I want to thank my family, friends, and partner, Daniel, who supported me throughout and reminded me to get outside sometimes.

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Quantifying the contribution of conservation easements to large-landscape conservation

Cited by 39 publications

References 89 publications

An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States

An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States

Public and community conservation of biodiversity—rivalry or cooperation?

Integrating Social Dimensions into Spatial Connectivity Planning for Grizzly Bears

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