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Michael G Sorice - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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using financial incentives to motivate conservation of an at risk species on Private Lands
Environmental Conservation, 2016Co-Authors: Paxton C Ramsdell, Michael G Sorice, Angela M DwyerAbstract:Financial incentives have become a core component of Private Lands conservation programmes because of their ability to motivate stewardship behaviour. Concern exists about the durability of stewardship behaviours after payments end. Payments for performance may impact farmers' current and future engagement with an incentive programme to protect an at-risk ground-nesting grassland bird. Farmer motivations for participating in the programme, as well as their intention to continue the programme if the financial incentive no longer existed, were quantified. Although farmers did not report a high level of current involvement in the programme, most reported they would continue at a similar or higher level of engagement if the payments ended. These outcomes were related to their perception that their participation was driven by their internal motivation to help rather than the desire to obtain the financial reward. The perception that their behaviour was self-directed was positively influenced by the flexibility surrounding landowners’ engagement with the programme, a feeling of competence and achievement, and a feeling of connectedness to the organization implementing the programme. The success of conservation incentive programmes over the long term can be enhanced by explicitly accounting for the needs of landowners in programme design and administration.
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incentive structure of and Private landowner participation in an endangered species conservation program
Conservation Biology, 2011Co-Authors: Michael G Sorice, Wolfgang Haider, Richard J Conner, Robert B DittonAbstract:In the United States, voluntary incentive programs that aid conservation of plant and wildlife species on Private Lands provide a structural solution to the problem of protecting endangered species by reducing costs and enhancing benefits to landowners. We explored the potential for incentives to encourage landowners to manage land cover for the benefit of endangered songbirds in central Texas (U.S.A.) by asking landowners to indicate their preferences for financial incentives, technical assistance, and regulatory assurances. We identified owners of potential songbird habitat and collected data in face-to-face interviews and self-administered questionnaires. We used a latent-class stated-choice model to identify 3 classes of landowners whose choices varied on the basis of their attitudes and perceived social norms: (1) strong positive attitude, perceived social pressure to participate, and willing to participate with relatively few incentives, (2) weak positive attitude, perceived no social pressure to participate, and required strongest incentives, and (3) negative attitude, perceived social pressure not to enroll, and unwilling to participate regardless of incentive structure. Given this heterogeneity in preferences, conservation incentives may increase management of land cover to benefit endangered species on Private Lands to some degree; however, exclusive reliance on incentives may be insufficient. Promoting conservation on Private Lands may be enhanced by integrating incentives into an approach that incorporates other strategies for conservation, including social networks and collaborative processes that reinforce social norms.
Elizabeth F Pienaar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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structuring legal trade in rhino horn to incentivize the participation of south african Private landowners
Ecological Economics, 2018Co-Authors: Elena C Rubino, Elizabeth F Pienaar, Jose R SotoAbstract:Abstract There is contentious debate in the literature regarding the conservation efficacy of the international rhinoceros horn trade ban. Because the ban has been in effect for 40 years, it is unclear how potential legal horn trade should be structured to attain rhino conservation on Private Lands. We sought to fill this gap by eliciting the preferences of South African Private wildlife industry members (who conserve a third of South Africa's rhinoceroses) for international trade in rhino horn. We used a combination of best-worst scaling and dichotomous choice experiments to determine wildlife industry members' preferences for three features of legal trade: market structure; payment/kg horn; and whether landowners should be required to conserve a minimum amount of land per rhino before they may enter the market. Results indicate that respondents preferred payments of at least ZAR 150,000/kg (USD $11,500) and that legal trade not be regulated by government organizations. Respondents did not have clear preferences about whether market participants should be required to meet a minimum land requirement per rhino. Our results provide insights into how potential horn trade policy may be structured to meet the financial needs of Private landowners, while securing the conservation of rhinos on Private Lands.
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a critical review of efforts to protect florida panther habitat on Private Lands
Land Use Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Melissa M Kreye, Elizabeth F PienaarAbstract:This paper examines the use of federal regulations and market-based incentives to conserve habitat for the Florida panther on Private Lands. We examine: the role of habitat conservation in panther recovery efforts; the limitations of existing regulatory mechanisms, in particular the Endangered Species Act, in conserving panther habitat on Private Lands; and how market-based incentives for habitat conservation may complement regulations. In particular, we examine how a payment for ecosystem services (PES) program could attain both economic and ecological efficiency in habitat conservation on Private Lands. We conclude that a strategic combination of regulatory and market-based incentives would be more effective at conserving contiguous habitat on Private Lands, especially when the loss of habitat is driven by rapid urban and exurban development.
Clement A. Tisdell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Economic Incentives to Conserve Wildlife on Private Lands: Analysis and Policy
Environmentalist, 2004Co-Authors: Clement A. TisdellAbstract:Some believe that provision of Private property rights in wildlife on Private land provides a powerful economic incentive for nature conservation because it enables property owners to market such wildlife or its attributes. If such marketing is profitable, Private landholders will conserve the wildlife concerned and its required habitat. But land is not always most profitably used for exploitation of wildlife, and many economic values of wildlife (such as non-use economic values) cannot be marketed. The mobility of some wildlife adds to the limitations of the Private-property approach. While some species may be conserved by this approach, it is suboptimal as a single policy approach to nature conservation. Nevertheless, it is being experimented with, in the Northern Territory of Australia where landholders had a possibility of harvesting on their properties a quota of eggs and chicks of red-tailed black cockatoos for commercial sale. This scheme was expected to provide an incentive to Private landholders to retain hollow trees essential for the nesting of these birds but failed. This case and others are analysed. Despite Private-property failures, the long-term survival of some wildlife species depends on their ability to use Private Lands without severe harassment, either for their migration or to supplement their available resources, for example, the Asian elephant. Nature conservation on Private land is often a useful, if not essential, supplement to conservation on public Lands. Community and public incentives for such conservation are outlined.
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economic incentives to conserve wildlife on Private Lands analysis and policy
Research Papers in Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Clement A. TisdellAbstract:Some believe that provision of Private property rights in wildlife on Private land can provide a powerful economic incentive for nature conservation because it enables property owners to market such wildlife or its attributes. If such marketing is profitable, Private landholders will conserve the wildlife concerned and its required habitat. But land is not always most profitably used for exploitation of wildlife, and many economic values of wildlife (such as non-use economic values) cannot be marketed. The mobility of some wildlife (their fugitive nature) adds to the limitations of the Private property approach. While some species may be conserved by this approach, it is suboptimal as a single policy approach to nature conservation. Nevertheless, it is being experimented with in the Northern Territory of Australia where landholders have the possibility of harvesting on their properties a quota of eggs and chicks of red-tailed black cockatoos for commercial sale. This scheme is expected to provide an incentive to Private landholders to retain hollow trees essential for the nesting of these birds. Aspects of this approach are analysed using this case, and related ones, from Northern Australia. It is noted that the Private property rights approach adopted in southern Africa is unlikely to be equally successful everywhere. The long-term survival of some species depends on their ability to use Private Lands without severe harassment, either for their migration or to supplement their available resources, for example, the Asian elephant in Sri Lanka. Nature conservation on Private land is often a useful, if not essential, supplement to conservation on public Lands. Community and public incentives for such conservation are outlined.
Melissa M Kreye - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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protecting imperiled wildlife species on Private Lands forest owner values and response to government interventions
Ecological Economics, 2018Co-Authors: Melissa M Kreye, Damian C Adams, Holly K OberAbstract:Abstract Forest owners in Florida are often natural advocates of wildlife conservation. Unfortunately, some landowners choose to remain silent about imperiled species on their Lands, which challenges government efforts to track species recovery. It is often assumed that landowner resistance towards wildlife regulations is economic in nature. However, when motivations for certain management behaviors are not economic in nature, the effectiveness of governmental regulations and incentives are not well understood. This paper is the first to investigate the economic and intrinsic motivations of family forest owners to protect imperiled wildlife species by defining landownership as a cultural ecosystem service, giving rise to personal identity benefits. We used a choice experiment format and Likert scale questions to characterize the personal identity constructs of family forest owners and their response to wildlife policies. We found many family forest owners are skeptical of government involvement, despite offers of a cost-share and a regulatory assurance. We conclude that when costs are low, or not well understood, forest owners' are more often motivated by the cultural values that uphold their personal identity constructs. Key in explaining changes in forest owner welfare was the importance placed on autonomy in making management decisions.
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a critical review of efforts to protect florida panther habitat on Private Lands
Land Use Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Melissa M Kreye, Elizabeth F PienaarAbstract:This paper examines the use of federal regulations and market-based incentives to conserve habitat for the Florida panther on Private Lands. We examine: the role of habitat conservation in panther recovery efforts; the limitations of existing regulatory mechanisms, in particular the Endangered Species Act, in conserving panther habitat on Private Lands; and how market-based incentives for habitat conservation may complement regulations. In particular, we examine how a payment for ecosystem services (PES) program could attain both economic and ecological efficiency in habitat conservation on Private Lands. We conclude that a strategic combination of regulatory and market-based incentives would be more effective at conserving contiguous habitat on Private Lands, especially when the loss of habitat is driven by rapid urban and exurban development.
Blake Hudson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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promoting and establishing the recovery of endangered species on Private Lands a case study of the gopher tortoise
Social Science Research Network, 2007Co-Authors: Blake HudsonAbstract:Important species are increasingly threatened on Private Lands and remain largely unregulated by federal and state laws. The gopher tortoise, present within six south-eastern states, is one such species. The tortoise is a keystone species, meaning that upon its existence numerous other species depend. Despite its ecological importance, tortoise populations have declined by 80%, partly due to development pressures, but primarily due to forest management practices which reduced the longleaf pine ecosystem upon which it depends by 96%. This article focuses on legal and policy issues associated with both urban development and forest management of Lands containing the gopher tortoise. It describes the limited legal protections provided the tortoise and discusses landowner incentives to cooperate with such laws. Also, this article highlights voluntary Private landowner protections provided for endangered and threatened species. Because Private forest management practices are the primary cause of tortoise decline, the article concludes by suggesting management practices which can benefit both Private landowners and the tortoise - i.e. Private landowners can maintain important economic return from their property while at the same time protecting endangered or threatened species, like the gopher tortoise.
