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Prioritizing Beneficial Management Practices for Species at Risk in Agricultural Lands
Environmental Management ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-28 , DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01525-3
François Blouin 1 , John F Wilmshurst 2 , Jeff Harder 3 , Robin Bloom 4 , David W Johns 5 , Paul Watson 6
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Agricultural expansion and intensification are major drivers of ecosystem degradation and loss of biodiversity around the world. Countries are relying on protected areas to conserve habitats and prevent species decline, but these are either too few, too small, or too disconnected to capture and protect the needs of species at risk (SAR). Privately owned and managed lands and agricultural producers are increasingly needed to assist with habitat conservation and SAR recovery. Uptake of environmentally beneficial management practices (BMPs) by producers is often hindered by the lack of awareness of the needs of SAR and of the contribution they can make to their habitats, an actual or perceived negative economic and operational impact of the necessary management changes, the fear of losing management control over their land, and mistrust toward public agencies. We present an eight-step model framework that allows agricultural producers to privately determine the potential SAR occurring in a land parcel of interest and to identify and prioritize mutually compatible and outcome-oriented BMPs relevant to these species. In Alberta, Canada, the framework resulted in the development of a confidential self-served online extension tool tailored to a typical farm-level management unit, and to the geographical and ecological context of the operation. We provide a case study using a land parcel from the agricultural region of Alberta to illustrate the model and the associated tool. This novel approach can alleviate producers concerns, promote uptake of BMPs, and foster voluntary stewardship of SAR habitats on privately owned or managed lands.



中文翻译:

优先考虑农业用地风险物种的有益管理实践

农业扩张和集约化是全球生态系统退化和生物多样性丧失的主要驱动因素。各国依靠保护区来保护栖息地并防止物种减少,但这些保护区要么太少、太小,要么太孤立,无法捕获和保护面临风险的物种 (SAR) 的需求。越来越需要私有和管理的土地和农业生产者来协助栖息地保护和 SAR 恢复。由于缺乏对 SAR 的需求及其对栖息地的贡献的认识,以及必要的管理变革的实际或感知的负面经济和运营影响,生产者对环境有益的管理实践 (BMP) 的采用,害怕失去对土地的管理控制,以及对公共机构的不信任。我们提出了一个八步模型框架,允许农业生产者私下确定在感兴趣的地块中发生的潜在 SAR,并确定和优先考虑与这些物种相关的相互兼容和以结果为导向的 BMP。在加拿大艾伯塔省,该框架导致开发了一种保密的自助式在线扩展工具,该工具适用于典型的农场级管理单位以及运营的地理和生态环境。我们提供了一个案例研究,使用来自艾伯塔省农业区的一块地块来说明模型和相关工具。这种新颖的方法可以减轻生产者的担忧,促进 BMP 的采用,并促进对私有或管理土地上的 SAR 栖息地的自愿管理。我们提出了一个八步模型框架,允许农业生产者私下确定在感兴趣的地块中发生的潜在 SAR,并确定和优先考虑与这些物种相关的相互兼容和以结果为导向的 BMP。在加拿大艾伯塔省,该框架导致开发了一种保密的自助式在线扩展工具,该工具适用于典型的农场级管理单位以及运营的地理和生态环境。我们提供了一个案例研究,使用来自艾伯塔省农业区的一块地块来说明模型和相关工具。这种新颖的方法可以减轻生产者的担忧,促进 BMP 的采用,并促进对私有或管理土地上的 SAR 栖息地的自愿管理。我们提出了一个八步模型框架,允许农业生产者私下确定在感兴趣的地块中发生的潜在 SAR,并确定和优先考虑与这些物种相关的相互兼容和以结果为导向的 BMP。在加拿大艾伯塔省,该框架导致开发了一种保密的自助式在线扩展工具,该工具适用于典型的农场级管理单位以及运营的地理和生态环境。我们提供了一个案例研究,使用来自艾伯塔省农业区的一块地块来说明模型和相关工具。这种新颖的方法可以减轻生产者的担忧,促进 BMP 的采用,并促进对私有或管理土地上的 SAR 栖息地的自愿管理。

更新日期:2021-08-29
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