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Whither the Rangeland?: Protection and conversion in California's Rangeland ecosystems. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Land use change in rangeland ecosystems is pervasive throughout the western United States with widespread ecological, social and economic implications.
D Richard Cameron, Jaymee Marty, Robert F Holland   +2 more
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Do Conservation Easements Reduce Land Prices? The Case of South Central Wisconsin [PDF]

While theory strongly suggests that restricting development rights should reduce land prices, empirical evidence of this effect has been notoriously hard to obtain.
Anderson, Kathryn, Weinhold, Diana
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The effects of conservation easements on bird biodiversity in the Shenandoah and Piedmont regions of Virginia

Conservation Science and Practice
Conservation easements—voluntary legal agreements in which a landowner forfeits some development rights in exchange for tax incentives—have become a central part of efforts to limit development in the US. Given the importance of biodiversity conservation
Levi VanSant, Amy E. M. Johnson, Daniel J. Read, Grant M. Connette, Erin T. Shibley   +4 more
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Assessing Conservation Easement Landowners Adoption of Thinning

, 2022
The Natural Resources Conservation Service has overseen several conservation easement programs in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV), which have the primary objective to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands functions and to protect ...
Tanger, Shaun M., Blazier, Michael A., Penn, Jerrod, Gutierrez-Castillo, Ana   +3 more
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L’aqueduc du Gier à Lyon : la complexité de la protection au titre des monuments historiques

Gallia, 2023
Protection of French aqueducts, in particular of the ancient aqueducts of Lyon, through the Monuments historiques began concurrently alongside more general historical efforts toward protection.In 1830, François Guizot, a Minister appointed by Louis ...
Josiane Boulon
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Using structured decision making with landowners to address private forest management and parcelization: balancing multiple objectives and incorporating uncertainty

Ecology and Society, 2015
Parcelization and forest fragmentation are of concern for ecological, economic, and social reasons. Efforts to keep large, private forests intact may be supported by a decision-making process that incorporates landowners' objectives and uncertainty.
Paige F. B. Ferguson, Michael J. Conroy, John F. Chamblee, Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman   +3 more
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Genetic analyses are more sensitive than morphological inspection at detecting the presence of threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) remains in canid scat and raven pellets

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Subsidization of predator populations increases predation pressure on prey species, which is exacerbated when natural resources are scarce. Estimating the frequency of predation by subsidized predators on vulnerable species, especially low‐density, long ...
Lillian D. Parker, Jessica D. Quinta, Isabel Rivera, Brian L. Cypher, Erica C. Kelly, Michael G. Campana, Robert C. Fleischer, Ryan Boarman, William I. Boarman, Jesús E. Maldonado   +9 more
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Community strategy for mangrove forest conservation: Conquista Campesina Conservation Easement

Field Actions Science Reports, 2012
The drafting of a community plan for mangrove forest conservation in the communal land of Conquista Campesina (Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico) is part of a more ambitious project aimed at establishing a protected wetlands corridor in the coastal region of ...
Javier Rojas Garcias
doaj  

Integrating wildlife conservation into ecosystem service payments and carbon offsets: A case study from Costa Rica

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Wildlife conservation is challenged by the expensive and cost prohibitive strategy of directly purchasing land to protect habitat at the landscape scale.
Jared D. Wolfe, Pablo Elizondo
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Recommendations for Conservation Easement Reform [PDF]

, 2015
Virginia has a well-established easement program which offers landowners a state income tax credit in return for donating land rights such as development and subdivision rights.
Murphy, Amy
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