Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, 37213, Witzenhausen, Germany.
Social-Ecological Research Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID, 83209, USA.
Ambio. 2021 Jan;50(1):150-162. doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01323-x. Epub 2020 Feb 21.
Conservation easements are the fastest growing private conservation strategy in the United States. However, mechanisms to assess private land conservation as well as their support by the general public are not well understood. This study uses the ecosystem services framework for assessing existing private lands in Idaho and identifies areas for future conservation easements. Using conservation targets of the land trust as a guide for selecting ecosystem services, we (a) mapped the spatial delivery of conservation targets across public and private lands, (b) explored public awareness in terms of social importance and vulnerability, and (c) mapped future priority areas by characterizing conservation bundles. We found that public lands provided the highest levels of conservation targets, and we found no difference in conservation target provision between private areas and conservation easements. The spatial characterization of conservation target bundles identified potential future priority areas for conservation easements, which can guide planning of land trust conservation efforts.
保护地役权是美国增长最快的私人保护策略。然而，对于私人土地保护的评估机制以及公众对其的支持程度还不是很清楚。本研究利用生态系统服务框架来评估爱达荷州现有的私人土地，并确定未来保护地役权的领域。我们使用土地信托的保护目标作为选择生态系统服务的指南，（a）在公共和私人土地上绘制保护目标的空间分布，（b）从社会重要性和脆弱性方面探讨公众意识，（c）通过描述保护捆绑来绘制未来优先领域。我们发现，公共土地提供了最高水平的保护目标，而且我们发现私人区域和保护地役权之间在保护目标的提供上没有差异。保护目标捆绑的空间特征确定了未来保护地役权的潜在优先领域，这可以指导土地信托保护工作的规划。
