An Empirical Evaluation of Private Landowner Participation in Voluntary Forest Conservation Programs |
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Authors: | Derek Kauneckis Abigail M York |
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Institution: | (1) Political Science Department, University of Nevada–Reno, Mailstop 302, Reno, NV 89557-0060, USA;(2) Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
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Abstract: | The use of voluntary programs targeting resource conservation on private land has become increasingly prevalent in environmental
policy. Voluntary programs potentially offer significant benefits over regulatory and market-based approaches. This article
examines the factors affecting landowner participation in voluntary forest conservation programs using a combination of parcel-level
GIS and remotely sensed data and semi-structured interviews of landowners in Monroe County, Indiana. A logistic regression
model is applied to determine the probability of participation based on landowner education, membership in other non-forest
voluntary programs, dominant land use activity, parcel size, distance from urban center, land resource portfolios, and forest
cover. Both land use activity and the spatial configuration of a landholder’s resource portfolio are found to be statistically
significant with important implications for the design and implementation of voluntary programs.
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Keywords: | Voluntary programs Land-use policy Private lands |
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