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Measuring the conservation attitudes of local farmers towards conservation easements in the Qianjiangyuan National Park

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Perceptions and attitudes provide an important means of assessing the performance of conservation practices so that policies can be improved and developed for better biodiversity protection and the wellbeing of people subject to protected area management.
Siyuan He, Yu Wei
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Sustain livestock ranching to sustain habitat: land sharing at risk on San Francisco Bay Area exacted conservation easements

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
Grazing lands supporting livestock production and nature conservation exemplify land sharing conservation. In California, livestock producers own or manage a large portion of land with the highest biodiversity ecosystems.
Sheila J. Barry
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Ecosystem Structural and Functional Indicators to Evaluate Conservation Easement Success in the Horse Creek Watershed near the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, Oklahoma

open access: yes, 2022
Stream restoration activities in the United States commonly seek to improve aquatic and riparian structure. Traditional assessment methods evaluate ecosystem structure by estimating metrics such as biotic community assemblages, stream flow regimes, and ...
Wilcox, David
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Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
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
James R. Farmer   +4 more
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The Conservation Contributions of Conservation Easements: Analysis of the San Francisco Bay Area Protected Lands Spatial Database

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2008
Conservation easements have emerged as an important tool for land trusts and government agencies aiming to conserve private land in the United States. Despite the increase in public investment in conservation easement acquisitions, little is known about ...
Adena R. Rissman, Adina M. Merenlender
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Conservation Easement Policies Across New England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis examines conservation easement policies across the New England states. Conservation easements are legal agreements through which landowners donate or sell some or all of their properties\u27 development rights to conservation entities ...
Keesler, Virginia A
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Conservation easement

open access: yes, 2020
CONSERVATION EASEMENT THIS DEED OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT is given this _____ day of ____________, 20___, by ______________________________________________________, having an address of _________________________________________________________________ ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Kansas City District;
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[FE1170] Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs: A Quick Reference Guide

open access: yesEDIS
This quick reference guide to federal, state, and county agricultural conservation easement acquisition programs summarizes program objectives and allowable agricultural practices and explains how programs evaluate and prioritize applications.
Candace Lantz   +3 more
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The conservation easement clustering patterns in U.S. urbanizing counties

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science
Conservation easement (CE) use in the U.S. and globally has expanded over the past 40 years in fringe areas adjacent to urbanization, and this article examines their spatial manifestation in twelve physically and socially heterogeneous, high growth ...
Caitlin S. Dyckman   +6 more
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Public access to spatial data on private-land conservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2017
Information is critical for environmental governance. The rise of digital mapping has the potential to advance private-land conservation by assisting with conservation planning, monitoring, evaluation, and accountability.
Adena R. Rissman   +4 more
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