Conservation of endangered species: Can incentives work for private landowners?

Langpap, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.05.007

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“…Similar to other studies, the landowners we surveyed expressed concern about the regulatory risks associated with protecting at-risk species (Langpap 2006, Sorice et al 2011. They were unwilling to assume a complete obligation to continue to maintain gopher tortoise habitat, should the species become ESA listed.…”

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“…Few studies have empirically investigated how program structures influence participation. Although regulatory assurances, bureaucratic processes, and financial incentives are influential drivers of participation (Langpap 2006, Womack 2008, Sorice et al 2011, landowners' perceptions and incentive structures are likely to differ across cultures and landscapes. Regulatory assurances or predictability may be critical for some landowners; while for others, it may be of less importance (Sorice et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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Gartner

et al. 2013

Ecological Applications

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“…Other studies have suggested that compensation and regulatory assurances are more instrumental than cost-sharing in shaping landowner management decisions (Langpap, 2006). Appelstrand (2007) concluded that central to the success of forest policy is the prospect for ''soft and smart regulation'' and collaborative structures with a great number of stakeholders involved, e.g.…”

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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

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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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“…Empirical studies on environmental policies stress the predominant role of property rights for land and the means of production as a critical factor in policy implementation failures (e.g. Gottfried et al, 1996;Langpap, 2006). However, not only the economic structure but also the current economic climate, as well as the level of uncertainty may be relevant.…”

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A multi-actor multi-criteria scenario analysis of regional sustainable resource policy

Akgün

Leeuwen

Nijkamp

2012

Ecological Economics

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The increasing scarcity of natural resources (e.g. forests, energy, agricultural land) prompts the need to develop effective strategies for sustainable development at regional levels with a view to balancing the interests of different groups of actors or stakeholders. This study aims to address the stakeholders' multifaceted viewpoints on future sustainable development, mainly at regional scales. To this end, five experimental test cases -in the form of five different case studies in Europe -are analysed, so as to be able to investigate sustainability, as well as its main stakeholders, in different situations, and to encapsulate different sustainability approaches and different needs for sustainable development. A 'pentagon model' is used to represent systematically five critical aspects of sustainability. In order to analyse the trade-offs and synergies between different objectives (in particular, the viewpoints of different stakeholders) on sustainable development, four distinct scenariosCompetitiveness; Continuity; Capacity; and Coherence -reflecting distinct and relevant images of sustainability are presented. The relative merits of these four scenarios are then empirically assessed by means of a particular type of multicriteria analysis, namely, Regime Analysis. The analysis is carried out by ranking different attributes of sustainable development, i.e. social, economic, ecological, institutional and physical, from the perspective of different stakeholders (distinguished, inter alia, according to gender, education level, occupation, institutional, and geographical background). This study maps out the different attributes of sustainability in relation to the viewpoints of different stakeholders in all five case-study areas. We find that the most preferred sustainable future is the Coherence scenario, in which a combination of ecological and social aspects is the most important determinant.

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Conservation of endangered species: Can incentives work for private landowners?

Cited by 97 publications

References 29 publications

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

Increasing participation in incentive programs for biodiversity conservation

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

A multi-actor multi-criteria scenario analysis of regional sustainable resource policy

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