If the price is right: farmer attitudes to producing environmental services

Patrick, Ian; Barclay, Elaine; Reeve, Ian

doi:10.1080/14486563.2009.9725215

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“…A number of studies have looked at the decision of landowners to supply land based ecosystem services including riparian buffer zones and different factors have been found to influence the provision decision. For example, previous research has highlighted the importance of financial incentives in securing a change of land use from productive agriculture to the provision of an ecosystem service (Lynch et al, 2001;Genghini et al, 2002;Rhodes et al, 2002;Curtis and Robertson, 2003;Shultz, 2005;Sullivan et al, 2005;Kabii and Horowitz, 2006;Suter et al, 2008;Patrick andBarclay, 2009 Yu andBelcher, 2011). Others have suggested that intrinsic, political or ethical motivations around land stewardship take precedent over economic compensation (Ryan et al, 2003;Thomas and Blackmore, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Environmental, land stewardship and social values as well as a mix of psychological and sociological characteristics such as peer influence have also been identified as influential in landowner environmental public good provision (Ducros and Watson, 2002;Curtis and Robertson, 2003;Dupraz et al, 2003;Sullivan et al, 2003;Hynes and Garvey, 2009;Patrick and Barclay, 2009;Yu and Belcher, 2011). Furthermore, institutional factors pertaining to how a specific programme is implemented was 6 found to influence potential adoption.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, institutional factors pertaining to how a specific programme is implemented was 6 found to influence potential adoption. These include length of scheme and planning horizon, potential development value, bureaucratic load, requirements associated with the scheme, flexibility of conditions, confidence in efficacy of recommended practices and funding certainty (Lynch et al, 2001;Ducros and Watson, 2002;Rhodes et al, 2002;Curtis and Robertson, 2003;Shultz, 2005;Mante and Gerowitt, 2009;Patrick and Barclay, 2009;Christensen et al, 2011;Yu and Belcher;.…”

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Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

Buckley

Hynes

Mechan

2012

Environmental Science & Policy

109

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In the European Union, mitigation measures to abate diffuse pollution from agricultural land are implemented under the direction of the EU Nitrates and Water Framework Directives. As these measures are implemented in national policies, a review process will look at the efficacy of the measures with a view to recommending further measures as necessary and following scientific and stakeholder consultation. Riparian buffer zones, beyond those zones used as mandatory set back distances for fertiliser and organic manure spreading, have been used as filters in some countries to attenuate nutrient rich runoff and may be proposed as supplementary measures elsewhere. Notwithstanding the ongoing research on the physio-chemical efficiency of riparian buffer zones, this study examined the willingness of farmers to adopt such features on agricultural land. The sample size was 247 farmers in 12 catchments (approximately 4-12km 2 ) in the Republic of Ireland. The survey was based on a proposal to install a 10 metre deep riparian buffer zone on a five year scheme and the analysis was based on principal components analysis, contingent valuation methodology and a Generalized Tobit Interval model. Results from this analysis indicated that famers' willingness to supply a riparian buffer zone depended on a mix of economic, attitudinal and farm structural factors. A total of 53% of the sample indicated a negative preference for provision. Principle constraints to adoption include interference with production, nuisance effects and loss of production in small field systems. Of those willing to engage with supply, the mean willingness to accept based cost of provision for a 10 metre riparian buffer zone was estimated to be €1513 ha -1 per annum equivalent to €1.51 per linear metre of riparian area.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

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Hynes

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2012

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“…Conservation‐specific subject matter will also be incorporated into conservation contracts, such as schedules of actions, payments, monitoring systems, and time frames (Whitten et al ; Lindsay ). Legally binding conservation duties made under conservation agreements can be part of the framing of practice on private land, such as integration of commodity production and conservation, property‐level planning, adoption of stewardship norms, and participation in “communities of practice” (Cocklin et al ; Hatfield‐Dodds & Proctor ; Patrick et al ; Cooke et al ; Zammit ). Conservation agreements provide relatively familiar and acceptable tools that contribute to legal certainty in conservation practice.…”

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“…Tensions can emerge between pressures to adjust obligations and practices and to provide legal certainty and coherence. It has been noted that this tension can produce a reticence on landholders to adopt perpetual obligations such as under conservation covenants (Patrick et al , p 43), as well as preferences for medium‐term obligations, such as 10‐year agreements (Blackmore & Doole ). The “relational” character of conservation agreements is discernible in the need to maintain a stable, long‐term framework of environmental actions between landholder and funding agency, in pursuit of the mutual interest of conservation and/or restoration outcomes.…”

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Legal instruments in private land conservation: the nature and role of conservation contracts and conservation covenants

Lindsay¹

2016

Restoration Ecology

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Management of private land for ecological outcomes has emerged as an important facet of biodiversity management and ecological restoration in Australia. Common law conservation contracts and conservation covenants are important tools within this framework of private land conservation. They can provide legal protections to biodiversity and natural assets on private land, as well as legal frameworks, in the form of obligations, to restoration programs. They can provide distinct qualities of binding obligation: fixed term or enduring. Conservation contracts and covenants need to be recognized as possessing both transactional and relational qualities, and these qualities should be considered and reflected in the design of agreements and in practices of conservation management and agreement-making. Two design questions are considered in this article. Conservation agreements need to contend with dynamism in ecological and social realities and this may be accommodated in mechanisms for adjustment of obligations between or within agreements. Dispute management is a second field of practice and drafting requiring attention. Constructing disputes provisions that are adapted and appropriate to long-term conservation actions and restoration initiatives is reflective of good faith principles and can include scope for graduated, independent, corrective, and fair arrangements, informed as necessary by expert input. Implications for Practice• Conservation contracts and covenants are important instruments for agreement-based conservation management and due regard should be given to design of those agreements, including legal content, and impacts on conservation practice. • Conservation contracts and conservation covenants should be viewed in terms of relational, as well as transactional, characteristics of agreements. • Conservation contracts and conservation covenants should contemplate and incorporate measures for adaptation and adjustment of obligations and for appropriate dispute resolution.

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Drought and Agricultural Ecosystem Services in Developing Countries

Keshavarz

Karami

2018

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 28

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If the price is right: farmer attitudes to producing environmental services

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

Legal instruments in private land conservation: the nature and role of conservation contracts and conservation covenants

Drought and Agricultural Ecosystem Services in Developing Countries

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