Spatial interactions in habitat conservation: Evidence from prairie pothole easements
| Autor: | Chad Lawley, Wanhong Yang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Conservation planning
Economics and Econometrics business.industry Environmental resource management Habitat conservation Easement Management Monitoring Policy and Law Agricultural economics Conservation easement Conservation easements Prairie potholes Land conservation Conservation planning Social interactions Contiguous habitat Spatial spillovers Environmental Economics and Policy Land Economics/Use Resource /Energy Economics and Policy Geography Habitat Pothole business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 71:71-89 |
| ISSN: | 0095-0696 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jeem.2015.02.003 |
| Popis: | We examine the role of spatial interactions in conservation easements placed on prairie pothole habitat in western Canada. One of the goals of the conservation easement program we study is to protect contiguous habitat. We identify endogenous spatial interactions among conservation easements and government protected land, independent of spatially correlated landscape features and local economic shocks that influence easement enrollment. We present evidence that easements increase the likelihood of subsequent easements on neighboring land. Government-protected land appears to have little effect on the location of conservation easements. These results imply that conservation agencies have leveraged past conservation investment to enroll more contiguous habitat in permanent easements through a combination of targeting and positive social interactions among neighboring landowners. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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