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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 468-484 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Environmental Management |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2009 |
Keywords
- Land-use policy
- Private lands
- Voluntary programs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Global and Planetary Change
- Ecology
- Pollution