Incentive programs to encourage landowners to protect habitat should be carefully designed to avoid motivation crowding: basically, replacing intrinsic reasons such as a land ethic with extrinsic ones like payments. Little research on motivation crowding tests real programs, and no such work has been done in Canada. We surveyed farmers in Nova Scotia in 2017 to explore whether participation in a new incentive program called Wood Turtle Strides, or knowledge about a similar incentive program potentially available in the future, would alter reported motivations to use riparian setbacks and buffers. Motivations to use setbacks or buffers were heavily intrinsic across all four survey cohorts: wildlife stewardship and sacrifice motivated actions more than social pressures. We were not able to statistically test for motivational crowding due to low program uptake and thus post‐program survey responses, but there was no evidence of second‐hand crowding: farmers being motivated by hearing about a program in an adjacent jurisdiction. Findings point to the significance of wildlife stewardship for many farmers, and persistent resistance to conservation among others, as well as a risk of low additionality. More post‐program research is necessary to fully understand the program's net impact on motivations and conservation.

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探索围绕新斯科舍省农民进行河岸管理的激励措施

应当精心设计鼓励土地所有者保护栖息地的激励计划，以免造成动机拥挤：基本上，用诸如支付之类的外部原因代替内在原因，例如土地伦理。很少有关于动机拥挤的研究测试真实的程序，加拿大还没有做过这样的工作。我们在2017年对新斯科舍省的农民进行了调查，以探讨是否参加了名为Wood Turtle Strides的新激励计划，或者对未来可能使用的类似激励计划的了解，是否会改变报告的使用河岸倒退和缓冲措施的动机。使用挫折或缓冲措施的动机在所有四个调查队列中都是很内在的：野生动植物的管理和牺牲动机的行为比社会压力更大。由于项目吸收率低，因此我们无法对动机拥挤进行统计学检验，从而无法进行计划后调查，但没有证据表明二手拥挤：农民是通过听取邻近辖区的一项计划而受到激励的。研究结果表明，对许多农民来说，野生动植物的管理意义重大，在其他方面对保护的持续抵制以及低附加值的风险。为了充分了解该计划对动机和保护的净影响，有必要进行更多的计划后研究。以及对保护的持久抵制，以及低附加性的风险。为了充分了解该计划对动机和保护的净影响，有必要进行更多的计划后研究。以及对保护的持久抵制，以及低附加性的风险。为了充分了解该计划对动机和保护的净影响，有必要进行更多的计划后研究。