A comparison of wetland characteristics between Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and public lands wetlands in West Virginia, USA [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 In West Virginia, USA, there are 24 conservation easement program wetlands enrolled in the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). These wetlands are located on private agricultural land and are passively managed.
Katharine E. Lewis +2 more
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Climate mitigation potential of natural climate solutions and clean energy on The Nature Conservancy properties in California, USA. [PDF]
PLoS ONENatural climate solutions (NCS) and transitioning to clean energy can reduce greenhouse gases and contribute to mitigating climate change. Private landowners with large holdings, such as conservation organizations like The Nature Conservancy, have set ...
Kristen N Wilson +2 more
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Expanding the coverage and accuracy of parcel-level land value estimates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Planning for cost-effective conservation requires reliable estimates of land costs, spatially-differentiated at high resolution. Nolte (2020) provides a county-by-county, parcel-level estimation approach that dramatically improves estimates of fair ...
Miriam Gold +2 more
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A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Perpetual conservation easements are a popular method in some countries for addressing conservation goals. Landowner participation plays a key role in the development of these agreements.
Kaylan M. Kemink +3 more
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Influence of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program wetland practices on winter occupancy of Passerellidae sparrows and avian species richness. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Wetlands enrolled in the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) are established as a means of restoring wetland ecosystems and wildlife habitat on private, agricultural land.
Katharine E Lewis +3 more
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Assessing the success of hydrological restoration in two conservation easements within Central Florida ranchland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 In the USA, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has restored millions of acres of wetlands through its Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE) programs.
Grégory Sonnier +5 more
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Effects of disputes and easement violations on the cost-effectiveness of land conservation [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Conservation initiatives to protect and restore valued species communities in human-dominated landscapes face challenges linked to their potential costs.
Richard Schuster, Peter Arcese
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Landowners, while pleased with agricultural easements, suggest improvements
California Agriculture, 2002 We extensively interviewed 46 landowners in two northern Bay Area counties and nearby Yolo County to assess their satisfaction with agricultural conservation easements.
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BHUMI: Jurnal Agraria dan Pertanahan, 2020 Yellow-crested small cockatoo (Cacatoasulphureaabbotti) is an endangered species lives in residential area with private ownership in Masakambing Island, Sumenep Regency, East Java, Indonesia.
Ihsanuddin Ihsanuddin +4 more
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Conservation Easements: Options for Preserving Current Land Uses
EDIS, 2014 Conservation easements are cost-effective means for government agencies or non-government conservation organizations to protect land. Instead of purchasing land outright, these agreements allow organizations to purchase the development rights of a ...
Chris Demers, Douglas R. Carter
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