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| Farmer, James R.; Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies, Indiana University; School of Public Health, Indiana University; Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University ; jafarmer@indiana.edu; Brenner, Jacob C.; Ithaca College; jbrenner@ithaca.edu; Drescher, Michael; School of Planning, University of Waterloo; Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University; mdresche@uwaterloo.ca; Dickinson, Stephanie L; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Indiana University; School of Public Health, Indiana University; sd3@indiana.edu; Knackmuhs, Eric G.; Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies, Indiana University; School of Public Health, Indiana University; Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University; eknackmu@indiana.edu. |
| As natural areas, agricultural lands, and open spaces continue to be developed at unprecedented rates, it is important for land conservation professionals to understand the individuals who might play a role in permanently protecting these lands and their ecological services. Many factors have been shown to influence land protection decisions among private owners, including land-use activities, demographic characteristics, and environmental intention and behavior. With the hypothesis that individuals already involved in land conservation programs would be candidates for permanent protection, we set out to model conservation easement decisions within a group of participants in southern Indiana’s Classified Forest and Wildlands Program (ICFWP).... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation easements; Functional leisure; Indiana Classified Forest and Wildlands; Land trusts; Land use; Private land conservation. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Boyd, James; Caballero, Kathryn; Simpson, R. David. |
| There is a growing interest in incentive-based policies to motivate conservation by landowners. These policies include full- and partial-interest land purchases, tax-based incentives, and tradable or bankable development rights. Using legal and economic analysis, the paper explores potential pitfalls associated with the use of such policies. Incentive-based policies promise to improve the cost effectiveness of habitat preservation, but only if long-run implementation issues are meaningfully addressed. While we compare conservation policies, particular attention is devoted to the use of conservation easements and in particular a set of easement contracts and transactions in the state of Florida. The easement analysis highlights the importance of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Habitat conservation; Conservation easements; Land use policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q15; K11; R52. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10587 |
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