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Spatial interactions in habitat conservation: Evidence from prairie pothole easements |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba, 377-66 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2;2. Department of Geography, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1;1. School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Delaware, United States;2. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, United States;3. University Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington DC, United States;1. GRÉDI - Département d''économique - Université de Sherbrooke, Canada;2. LAMETA - Université de Montpellier, France;1. GRÉDI - Département d''économique - Université de Sherbrooke, Canada;2. LAMETA - Université de Montpellier, France |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Conservation easements Prairie potholes Land conservation Conservation planning Social interactions Contiguous habitat Spatial spillovers |
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