Landowner and Practitioner Perspectives on Private Land Conservation Programs

Lute, Michelle L.; Gillespie, Caitlyn R.; Martin, Dustin R.; Fontaine, Joseph J.

doi:10.1080/08941920.2017.1376139

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“…We acknowledge that a shortcoming of this research is the missing perspective of the landowners engaged in biodiversity stewardship programmes. The challenges and opportunities which exist for landowners may very likely be different to those experienced by implementation agencies (Lute et al, 2017;Prado et al, 2018), and represent essential information required for advancing the implementation of biodiversity stewardship. Given previous research in South Africa regarding landowners' perspectives (Pasquini et al, 2009;Selinske et al, 2015), this research sought to expand our knowledge by focusing primarily on implementation agencies.…”

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A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effec ve means, to achieve the long-term conserva on of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The defini on is expanded by six management categories (one with a subdivision), summarized below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values. Ib Wilderness area: Usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their natural condition. II National park: Large natural or near-natural areas protecting large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and culturally compatible spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational and visitor opportunities. III Natural monument or feature: Areas set aside to protect a specific natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove. IV Habitat/species management area: Areas to protect particular species or habitats, where management reflects this priority. Many will need regular, active interventions to meet the needs of particular species or habitats, but this is not a requirement of the category. V Protected landscape or seascape: Where the interaction of people and nature over time has produced a distinct character with significant ecological, biological, cultural and scenic value: and where safeguarding the integrity of this interaction is vital to protecting and sustaining the area and its associated nature conservation and other values. VI Protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources: Areas which conserve ecosystems, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally large, mainly in a natural condition, with a proportion under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level nonindustrial natural resource use compatible with nature conservation is seen as one of the main aims.

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“…For example, approximately 28% of all CRP land was converted back to cropland or pasture from 2007 to 2012 (USDA NRCS ). This period also coincided with a combination of record high commodity prices and CRP contract expirations that created a perfect storm for conservation loss (Lark et al , Lute et al ). Consequently, the loss of CRP area has had adverse effects on wildlife populations (Taylor et al , Shaffer et al ).…”

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“…Incentive‐based conservation redistributes this disproportionality to society, which receives the benefits via subsidized conservation payments through the Farm Bill (Rolston , Stubbs ). Although economic outcomes of conservation enrollment have been repeatedly documented as barriers to conservation adoption (Lynne et al , Macdonald and Johnson , Sorice et al , Reimer and Prokopy , Lute et al ), recent research elucidates greater reliance on incentive payments for producers to afford conservation programs (Sweikert and Gigliotti ). Collectively, these findings highlight the need to address agricultural conservation adoptions with greater focus on positive economic outcomes.…”

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“…; Groeneveld , Naidoo and Ricketts , Groot et al , Lyle et al ). This approach is meritorious and necessary for efficient use of limited government allocated resources, but it does not address return‐on‐investment (ROI) for the agricultural producer, which research shows is the ultimate determining factor in conservation adoption (Pfrimmer et al , Lute et al , Sweikert and Gigliotti ). If generating revenue from alternative land‐use practices (e.g., conservation enrollment) is needed to increase adoption, research addressing the economic outcomes of enrollment is warranted.…”

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Bridging the gap between conservation delivery and economics with precision agriculture

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2019

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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Agricultural landscapes are important for natural resource conservation, but present numerous obstacles associated with intensive agricultural production. Chief among these challenges is the competing economics outcomes of conservation and crop production. Understanding these outcomes requires quantifying economics of crop production and conservation enrollment. Precision agriculture technology provides a mechanism to address these needs by using advanced technology to quantify spatially explicit profitability in agricultural fields. Precision agriculture's application to conservation planning represents a growing field of research. I present a brief overview of precision agriculture technology and its application in natural resource conservation. I discuss the role precision agriculture can play in United States conservation policy, highlight hindrances to adopting this technology, and provide recommendations for future application. I outline a new approach of targeted conservation delivery that focuses on return on investment to agricultural producers and discuss the role of precision agriculture in this approach. Increased adoption and application of this technology in natural resource conservation will require substantial investment from state wildlife agencies, nongovernmental organizations, farm managers, rural banks, and agricultural companies. Precision agriculture represents the next paradigm shift in natural resource conservation where spatially explicit conservation decisions are made that optimize conservation and profitability to produce environmentally resilient, multifunctional agricultural landscapes.

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“…This complexity can be overwhelming for private landowners. Financial concerns of conservation adoption are well‐documented (Reimer and Prokopy , Lute et al ); however, recent research indicates that financial incentives are more than ‘incentives’ to adopt conservation practices but rather are necessary for landowners to afford the change in land use (Sweikert and Gigliotti ). Addressing these hindrances requires proactive approaches to simplify conservation opportunities and illustrate economic opportunities of conservation decisions.…”

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Private lands conservation: A vision for the future

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Agricultural production, including croplands, pasture, and timber, dominates private-land use and land cover across much of the contiguous lower 48 states. These private lands are essential to achieving the goals of national conservation initiatives such as the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (bobwhite [Colinus virginianus]), Sage Grouse Initiative, and North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Effective conservation delivery in managed landscapes requires 1) an understanding of landowner priorities and ownership objectives, 2) knowledge of the economic and environmental costs and benefits of conservation, and 3) natural resource professionals who understand the business of agriculture and forestry as well as principles of habitat management and wildlife conservation. We make the case for a new vision of multifunctional working landscapes that include designed components of natural and seminatural noncrop perennial plant communities (wetlands, grasslands, riparian areas, field margins, pine [Pinus spp.] grasslands, savannas, etc.) embedded in a matrix of row-crop, pasture, rangeland, and forested working lands that produce sustainable food, fiber, and fuel. Producing sustainable, multifunctional landscapes will require effective conservation delivery that is intentional, objective-driven, targeted, science-based, and landscape scale. We contend that it will also require a new kind of natural resource professional. We consider the specific and novel skill sets that will be required among natural resource professionals to deliver conservation to private owners-producers of working lands.

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Landowner and Practitioner Perspectives on Private Land Conservation Programs

Cited by 29 publications

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