Estimating Landholders’ Probability of Participating in a Stewardship Program, and the Implications for Spatial Conservation Priorities

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 6; p. e97941
• Main Authors: Adams, Vanessa M., Pressey, Robert L., Stoeckl, Natalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 03.06.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agreements; Australia; Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Budgets; Catchments; Choice Behavior; Colonies & territories; Community Participation; Conservation; Conservation areas; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Coral reefs; Costs; Covenants; Data Collection; Design; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Economic factors; Environmental stewardship; Geography; Humans; Land use planning; Models, Statistical; Native peoples; Natural resources; Participation; Predictions; Private property; Probability; Properties (attributes); Studies; Queensland Australia; Australia

The need to integrate social and economic factors into conservation planning has become a focus of academic discussions and has important practical implications for the implementation of conservation areas, both private and public. We conducted a survey in the Daly Catchment, Northern Territory, to...