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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Private Land"”.
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Private land, public interest : small town meets big dairy
This paper examines a grassroots effort undertaken by local residents of the communities of Nora and Warren in northwest Illinois in their attempt to prohibit the construction of a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in their county. In particular, it is an attempt to understand and …
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Sustainable management of indigenous forests on private land in New Zealand
Indigenous forests in New Zealand are nationally and internationally recognized as significant and highly valuable ecosystems. They are the country's most biologically diverse ecosystems, containing 70% of New Zealand's biomass and contributing to New Zealand's heritage and green image. They are …
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An Investigation into hunting on public and private land in Illinois
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Conservation of private land by means of compensatory mechanisms and incentives
… mechanisms for achieving conservation goals on privately owned land in South Africa. Legal concepts, such as the notion of absolute ownership of property, are examined in the context of South Africa's historical and political circumstances to highlight how they have contributed to a highly …
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Paying for Nature: Incentives and the Future of Private Land Stewardship
Privately owned lands provide a number of benefits to humans, including food, clean air and water, and building materials. Private lands are also home to a host of wildlife species and the habitats that they rely upon for survival. As such, balancing human and ecological needs on private lands is …
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Multi-scale, social-ecological influences on private land conservation in South Africa
… systems perspective to the phenomenon of private land conservation. With increasing interest in the role that the private sector can play in global conservation efforts, a pertinent but largely unexplored question is whether private land conservation areas (PLCAs) can conserve biodiversity …
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Protection of private land under the Reserves Act 1977 : with case studies and examples of protected private land in the Taranaki Land District : [dissertation, Diploma in Parks and Recreation, Lincoln College]
New Zealand has an infinite variety of scenery within a small area : the countryside draws its unique qualities from both natural features and cultural influences. A number of agencies our heritage from destruction. The New Zealand Forest Service follows a policy of conservation and has set up …
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Climate change and wildlife utilization on private land: evidence from wildlife ranching in South Africa
… of climate change and wildlife utilization in privately owned parcels of land in South Africa. A significant proportion of agricultural land in the Southern Africa region has undergone transition with many farmers opting to move away from livestock farming to either wildlife farming, ranching …
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Potential Adoption of Native Fruit and Nut Tree Riparian Buffers on Private Land in Western Virginia
… can be conflicting due to loss of productive land for other uses. Agroforestry riparian buffers planted with native fruit and nut trees could help integrate conservation and production in this valuable space by giving landowners the opportunity to provide beneficial environmental services, …
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A survey of landowner attitudes toward posting and fee hunting and fishing on private land in Southwest Virginia
… regarding the socio-economic characteristics of private landowners pertinent to their views on access control and fee hunting and fishing. A total of 495 questionnaires, 33.0% of the 1,500 mailed to landowners in urban, mixed urban-rural, and rural counties, were returned and found usable. The …
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Rents, efficiency, and incomplete markets: exploring the inner workings of the emerging market for private land preservation and conservation easements
This economic study explores land market development and identifies contributing sources to incomplete markets (markets that do not operate efficiently or yield consistent price information). I make the case that the market for private land preservation–land that is preserved through the efforts of …
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The process of conserving biodiversity: From planning to evaluating conservation actions on private land in the Cape Lowlands, South Africa
… area was in the critically endangered Cape Lowlands, a conservation priority area in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. The highly transformed agricultural production landscape is mostly privately owned; formal biodiversity protection is low; and remnants of natural vegetation (< 9% is …
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The influence of location on the structure and functioning of private land conservation networks in the Western Cape province of South Africa
… conservation goals. Conservation action on privately owned land plays an increasingly vital role in expanding the global conservation estate. Private Land Conservation Areas (PLCAs) exist with internal properties and external contexts and do not occur isolated in space and time. They can …
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Three Essays on Land Conservation Programs
This dissertation is a comprehensive study of land conservation programs. The first essay investigates the optimal contract length of land conservation programs when a policy maker tries to maximize total environmental benefits from participation under a budget constraint. Result suggests that the …
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A Credit Risk Assessment Model for Dairy Farm Borrowers in Mexico
… estimated, that a model that considers only private land owners and that includes variables leverage and liquidity (measured by the ratios debt to asset and the net income to equity, respectively) is the recommended model.
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Empirical models of land conservation and land use
This dissertation concentrates on land use, both urban and rural, in United States. First, I focus on land conservation and study how state fiscal incentives can affect private land conservation on the eastern region of the country. Then, I move to urban uses of land and analyze how distance to …
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Compensation assessment practices in expropriation of customary land rights in Malawi
… various public infrastructure requires a lot of land that is normally expropriated from private and/or customary owners as government may not have it, in return for compensation to cover the expropriatory losses occasioned. Commonly, such compensation is assessed based on market value. While …
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