The adoption of wildlife practices through a payments-for-environmental-services (PES) agri-environment scheme

Laney, Rheyna; Moses, Rebekah

doi:10.1080/10871209.2020.1825877

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“…The results of this study show that most participants harbor a strong sense of responsibility to support shorebirds. Those values likely supported their decision to participate in the schemes in the first place (Laney & Moses, 2020). During the schemes, participants witnessed higher shorebird populations, and that experience may have verified for them that extended floods are an effective way to fulfill those values, reinforcing their commitment to maintaining their passive floods longer.…”

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Delivering wildlife habitat on productive agricultural lands cost‐effectively: The case of migratory shorebirds on California rice lands

Laney

2023

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Promoting wildlife habitat on working agricultural land is a growing conservation priority, and agri-environment schemes are using payments for environmental services (PES) to reach these privately owned lands. PES can be ecologically effective, but also expensive, putting pressure on these schemes to be cost-effective, maximizing the conservation value of their limited resources. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of four PES schemes in California that paid rice growers to provide temporary flood habitat on their working lands in support of shorebirds. It examines whether the schemes (1) paid for flood habitat only when needed (targeting); (2) paid for habitat that was actually delivered and would not otherwise be provided (additionality); (3) sacrificed as little habitat as possible when the habitat competed with production (ag/wildlife balance); and (4) fostered a commitment among growers to maintain the habitat after payments ended (permanence). Results show that the schemes fell short in each of the four goals, and they expose several factors that undermined their cost-effectiveness. First, variable weather patterns altered the date in which the shorebird-habitat gap emerged year-to-year, creating a dynamic and unpredictable target for the schemes to address. Second, growers' views on the compatibility of the flood habitat with their rice production varied widely and changed rapidly as the agricultural calendar progressed, making it a challenge to mitigate potential ag/wildlife conflicts. Third, water for flood habitat is expensive, and growers proved unwilling to shoulder that expense once payments ended. These results highlight the need for schemes to adopt design elements that can add flexibility, such as cancelation clauses, so that they can adjust to dynamic targets and adapt to changing ag/wildlife relationships. Results also suggest that PES schemes operating on working lands may require long-term external support. That finding amplifies the imperative that schemes use their conservation resources cost-effectively.

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Delivering wildlife habitat on productive agricultural lands cost‐effectively: The case of migratory shorebirds on California rice lands

Laney

2023

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…Moreover, in a sample of students from a large public university in the southern United States, hunters were less willing to participate in pro‐environmental behavior than non‐hunters (Ghasemi and Kyle 2022). On the other hand, Californian farmers in the Sacramento Valley who hunt are more willing than non‐hunters to participate in land conservation practices benefiting wildlife on their farms (Laney and Moses 2020). Also, in a sample of rural New York residents, hunters were more likely than non‐hunters to participate in a range of pro‐environmental behaviors, including conservation policy support and wildlife habitat enhancement (Cooper et al 2015).…”

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Hunters' opposition to harmful hunting practices on ecosystems: values, beliefs, norms, and identities

Ghasemi

Kyle

2023

J Wildl Manag

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In North America, legal hunting is considered a key component in wildlife management and conservation; however, hunters' relationships with ecosystem health and integrity are rarely explored. In this study, we recruited an online panel of hunters in the United States (n = 508) in 2018 to assess their opinions about hunting‐related practices that often negatively affect biodiversity and ecosystem health (i.e., exotic breeding, stock breeding, and game farming). We investigated the underlying socio‐psychological factors influencing hunters' opinions about these practices based on the value‐belief‐norm and identity theories. Hunter identity, personal norms, and awareness of the negative consequences on ecosystems are associated with opposition to hunting‐related practices that harm ecosystems. We suggest that outreach and education programs targeting hunters should focus on leveraging their existing identities and promoting awareness of the negative consequences of certain hunting practices on biodiversity and ecosystem health. By highlighting these consequences and emphasizing the role of ecosystem health and biodiversity in the long‐term sustainability of hunting opportunities, such programs can effectively encourage hunters to adopt ecosystem stewardship behaviors.

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The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri‐environmental schemes: A systematic review

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Ghazoul

Huber

et al. 2023

J Agricultural Economics

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Agri‐environmental schemes (AESs) are increasingly implemented to promote the adoption of environmentally friendly practices by farmers. We use a systematic review to explore the role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' decisions to participate in AESs in Australia, Europe and North America. Behavioural factors influence how farmers value and perceive options, while opportunity costs relate to farmers' forgone utility when choosing to participate in schemes. We synthesise insights from 79 articles and over 700 factors explaining the participation in AESs. We find that a set of behavioural factors seem consistently connected to participation, including agricultural training, advice and having positive attitudes towards AESs. Moreover, several factors related to opportunity costs also have a rather consistent relationship with AES participation, including market conditions, implementation efforts, profitability, and management and contract flexibility. However, many relationships of behavioural factors and opportunity costs with AES participation are not as consistent and generalizable as sometimes portrayed and require context‐specific interpretation. Those factors with mixed results can still provide insights into farmers' participation decisions as several of them are either ‘positively and insignificantly’ or ‘negatively and insignificantly’ related to participation, such as environmental attitude, trust and farm size. These results suggest that their relationship with AES participation depends on other factors or the setting, highlighting interactions and raising important new research questions. Overall, our results provide several entry points for both researchers and policy‐makers, highlighting uncertainties in relationships between factors and participation that should be considered when designing policies.

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The adoption of wildlife practices through a payments-for-environmental-services (PES) agri-environment scheme

Cited by 3 publications

References 31 publications

Delivering wildlife habitat on productive agricultural lands cost‐effectively: The case of migratory shorebirds on California rice lands

Delivering wildlife habitat on productive agricultural lands cost‐effectively: The case of migratory shorebirds on California rice lands

Hunters' opposition to harmful hunting practices on ecosystems: values, beliefs, norms, and identities

The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri‐environmental schemes: A systematic review

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