Conservation Incentives Programs for Endangered Species: An Analysis of Landowner Participation

Langpap, Christian

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“…Research focused on the effect of future regulation on landowner decisionmaking has produced mixed results. In some cases, regulatory concerns have not been found to drive landowner decisions, while in other cases it appears to be a dominant influencing factor with respect to opting in to conservation agreements (e.g., Langpap 2004, Sorice 2012. Regardless of the reason, our results demonstrate that providing some level of assurances against future obligation is likely to increase landowner participation in voluntary conservation agreements.…”

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Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Sorice

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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Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

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et al. 2013

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“…Socio-demographic characteristics have been to a certain extent able to predict behaviour. For example, Langpap (2004), Vanslembrouck et al (2002), and Wynn et al (2001) confirmed the hypothesis of the age affect as young farmers are more likely to adopt conservation measures. Education may be positively linked to better understanding the value of anticipated measures (Vanslembrouck et al, 2002).…”

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Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Grammatikopoulou

Pouta

Myyrä

2015

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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In Finland, water conservation policy sets equal incentive regardless of the condition of the environment. Before any policy reform, it is vital to investigate landowners' tendency for adoption. In this study we were particularly interested in examining the tendency for adoption if the soil quality implies a high leaching risk or water quality is already poor. For this purpose, survey data were combined with GIS data. Furthermore the aim was to analyse the effect of farm and farmer characteristics and attitudes on adoption. The findings derived by probit models indicated that, for active farmers, financial variables were the key determinants. For passive owners, adoption was also explained by attitudes. Contrary to our expectations, there is no spontaneous tendency for water conservation in deteriorated areas. Targeted agri-environmental measures, even though costly, cannot be avoided.

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“…In addition, technology adoption and programme participation studies indicate that factors influencing farmers' participation decisions can include farmer and farm characteristics, programme factors, and the institutional context of the programme (Brotherton, 1989;Knowler and Bradshaw, 2007;Kosoy et al, 2008;Pagiola et al, 2007;Wauters et al, 2010;Wilson, 1997;Yiridoe et al, 2010;Zbinden and Lee, 2005). Farm and farmer characteristics include age and education of a household head, which often determine the ability to obtain and process information and implement knowledge intensive conservation practices (Ayuk, 1997;Azizi Khalkheili and Zamani, 2009;Kosoy et al, 2008;Langpap, 2004;Mullan and Kontoleon, 2009;Zbinden and Lee, 2005). Other farm and farmer characteristics include land tenure, labour availability, access to information, opportunity cost of land and expected impacts on the household income (Mullan and Kontoleon, 2009;Wunder, 2006;Schuck et al, 2002;Zbinden and Lee, 2005).…”

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Farmer participation in the equitable payments for watershed services in Morogoro, Tanzania

2014

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This article contributes to the limited empirical evidence on the determinants of farmers' participation decision in agricultural land (land use-modifying) payments for ecosystem services (PES) in developing countries. It examines how farmer and farm characteristics, We used a multi-method approach to make use of both qualitative and quantitative data.We found that farm size, information, participation of farmers in the programme design and the needed degree of change in land management determined the adoption of sustainable land management practices. To foster the participation of small farmers, attention needs to be paid to the availability and access to information, participation of farmers in the design of programmes, local compatibility of practices, and support for initial costs of adoption. Keywords

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Conservation Incentives Programs for Endangered Species: An Analysis of Landowner Participation

Cited by 102 publications

References 22 publications

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Farmer participation in the equitable payments for watershed services in Morogoro, Tanzania

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