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Trends and values of ‘Land for Wildlife’ programs for private land conservation
Ecological Management & Restoration, 2018SummaryThe Land for Wildlife program started in Victoria in 1981 as a voluntary program with the broad aim of supporting landholders in providing habitat for wildlife on their property. The program has since spread across Australia and is implemented in a range of guises, through a variety of governance approaches.
Joshua A. Prado +4 more
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Economic Criteria for Land Development and Conservation on Private Lands
1948Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Davis, CA, June 23-25 ...
Weeks, David, Weeks, David
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Economics and Land‐Use Change in Prioritizing Private Land Conservation
Conservation Biology, 2005Abstract: Incentive‐based strategies such as conservation easements and short‐term management agreements are popular tools for conserving biodiversity on private lands. Billions of dollars are spent by government and private conservation organizations to support land conservation.
DAVID NEWBURN +3 more
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Private land: conservation’s new frontier in America
International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2015Conservation in North America has proceeded through three discernible stages in the last 125 years. Moving from a response to unregulated commercial harvest and wildlife depletion, it matured into a science based institution that was largely driven by government policy and supported by organized conservation groups.
Shane P. Mahoney +2 more
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Public Lands, Private Conservation: Bridging the Gap
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015This paper was written as a background paper for a workshop held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in October 2015. The Province of Alberta has been expressing interest in conservation and biodiversity offsets for some time, and is making gradual progress on the development of policy tools.
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Private Land Initiatives for Biodiversity Conservation: the case of conservation covenants
2019Long-term stewardship by landholders is needed when managing private lands for biodiversity outcomes. Sustained management is most likely to occur when the landholder is willing, able, and engaged with support networks. I examined these elements within the context of conservation covenanting programs in Australia, which require ongoing management from ...
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Coordinating Conservation on Private Lands
2006Gregory M. Parkhurst, Jason F. Shogren
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Encouraging Private Biodiversity - Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation on Private Land [PDF]
, 2000 This report provides a literature review on the practical experience of measures in other countries with a similar legal background to New Zealand to give economic incentive to biodiversity conservation on private land. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of the measures and draws out their relevance to New Zealand.
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Conservation of Privately Owned Range Lands in the West
Journal of Forestry, 1943Abstract Most privately owned ranges lie either on forest lands or immediately adjacent at slightly lower elevations. Generally they are spring, summer, or fall ranges which are in a more or less seriously impaired condition because of overgrazing and droughts.
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