Land Preservation in British Columbia: An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Underlying Public Support and Willingness to Pay

Androkovich, Robert A.; Desjardins, Ivan; Tarzwell, Gordon; Tsigaris, Panagiotis

doi:10.1017/s1074070800002479

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“…The province is divided into eight agricultural census regions ( Figure 1). BC possesses unique agriculture policies directly related to local food production; in particular, the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is a province-wide land preservation policy of nearly five million hectares of protected farmland where farming is encouraged and non-agricultural uses are controlled (Androkovich, Desjardins, Tarzwell, & Tsigaris, 2008;Hanna, 1997). ALR delimitation is based on soil and climate and represents 5% of BC land suitable for farming, with only 1% having the best soil with the highest capability for growing crops.…”

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Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia

Pérez¹,

Nelson²,

Bourbonnais³

et al. 2015

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The goal of this research was to model the potential impact of climate change on food production, in the Fraser Valley and Peace River regions of British Columbia (BC), using historical crop yield and climate data. We identified eight indicator crops of importance for these regions of BC and utilized historical Census of Agriculture and climate data (temperature and precipitation) to model future potential impacts of climate change on agriculture. We developed three climate change scenarios for these eight indicators crops (extreme, moderate, and business as usual). Under the most extreme climate model scenario the Fraser Valley is expected to experience cooler summers and springs and wetter summers, with incremental increases in oat, blueberry and green bean yields by 2050. These same climate conditions were predicted to decrease the yields for raspberry crops by 2050, while barley and wheat crop yields remain steady. The business as usual scenario, where springs and summers are warmer and summers are wetter in the Fraser Valley, predicted increased barley, oat, wheat, and blueberry crop yields by 2050, while yields of raspberries were predicted to decrease and green bean yields are expected to be steady. Under the more conservative climate change scenario conditions, yields should remain steady for all crops, except green beans where yields will increase by 2050. Future climate conditions for the Peace River area were much different from the Fraser Valley. All three scenarios forecasted warmer and wetter springs and summers with decreased evapotranspiration and moisture deficits. These changes in climate conditions predicted declines in wheat, canola, and barley crop yields by 2050, while incremental increases in oat and dry pea crop yields could be expected by 2050.

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Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia

Pérez¹,

Nelson²,

Bourbonnais³

et al. 2015

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“…A recent study - Androkovich et al (2008) -addressed a related question. Specifically, residents of BC were asked about the level of importance they assigned to five reasons for preventing development on the province's scarce high quality agricultural land:…”

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“…(1) "the economic importance of BC's agricultural sector," (2) "to ensure that local food production is maintained," (3) "to ensure orderly development," (4) "to protect the environment," and (5) "to provide recreational opportunities and protect open space" (Androkovich et al, 2008(Androkovich et al, , p. 1005. Each of the aforementioned reasons was regarded as being either important or very important by a substantial proportion of the respondents to a mail survey.…”

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“…E-mail address: randrokovich@tru.ca 1 The reasons/factors which underlie public support for land preservation were examined by Variyam et al (1990), Kline and Wichelns (1996), Rosenberger (1998), Duke and Aull-Hyde (2002), and Androkovich et al (2008). While a wide range of factors underlie support for land preservation and those given in the text are of particular importance, the nature of the farming operations can also be of consequence.…”

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British Columbia's agricultural land reserve: Economic, legal and political issues

Androkovich¹

2013

Land Use Policy

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“…These areas are also attractive for human settlement, leading to substantial development pressures on this limited agricultural land base [5,6]. There is a long history of public support for protecting agricultural land in the province, witnessed by the passing of the Agricultural Land Commission Act in 1973, and continued public support for the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) created by that Act [7]. The ALR is a provincial level land-use zone that includes land of suitable agricultural potential, with uses within that zone in principle limited to activities that do not impact on the ability of the land to be used for agriculture.…”

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If They Come, Where will We Build It? Land-Use Implications of Two Forest Conservation Policies in the Deep Creek Watershed

Anputhas

Janmaat

Nichol

et al. 2019

Forests

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Research Highlights: Forest conservation policies can drive land-use change to other land-use types. In multifunctional landscapes, forest conservation policies will therefore impact on other functions delivered by the landscape. Finding the best pattern of land use requires considering these interactions. Background and Objectives: Population growth continues to drive the development of land for urban purposes. Consequently, there is a loss of other land uses, such as agriculture and forested lands. Efforts to conserve one type of land use will drive more change onto other land uses. Absent effective collaboration among affected communities and relevant institutional agents, unexpected and undesirable land-use change may occur. Materials and Methods: A CLUE-S (Conversion of Land Use and its Effects at Small Scales) model was developed for the Deep Creek watershed, a small sub-basin in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The valley is experiencing among the most rapid population growth of any region in Canada. Land uses were aggregated into one forested land-use type, one urban land-use type, and three agricultural types. Land-use change was simulated for combinations of two forest conservation policies. Changes are categorized by location, land type, and an existing agricultural land policy. Results: Forest conservation policies drive land conversion onto agricultural land and may increase the loss of low elevation forested land. Model results show where the greatest pressure for removing land from agriculture is likely to occur for each scenario. As an important corridor for species movement, the loss of low elevation forest land may have serious impacts on habitat connectivity. Conclusions: Forest conservation policies that do not account for feedbacks can have unintended consequences, such as increasing conversion pressures on other valued land uses. To avoid surprises, land-use planners and policy makers need to consider these interactions. Models such as CLUE-S can help identify these spatial impacts.

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Land Preservation in British Columbia: An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Underlying Public Support and Willingness to Pay

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia

Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia

British Columbia's agricultural land reserve: Economic, legal and political issues

If They Come, Where will We Build It? Land-Use Implications of Two Forest Conservation Policies in the Deep Creek Watershed

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