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Research Papers

Economics of a pricing mechanism to compensate rural land owners for preserving wetlands

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Pages 462-471 | Received 31 Jul 2014, Accepted 08 Aug 2014, Published online: 28 Oct 2014

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Figure 1. This orthophoto shows a sample measurement of wetlands, riparian, natural and ecologically sensitive areas. Their size is indicated by the superimposed white units.

Figure 1. This orthophoto shows a sample measurement of wetlands, riparian, natural and ecologically sensitive areas. Their size is indicated by the superimposed white units.

Table 1. The agri-environmental footprint index (AFI) indicator matrix, specific to the Alternative Land Use Services program (ALUS), captures three agri-environmental dimensions: natural resources, biodiversity and landscape.

Figure 2. The detailed agri-environmental footprint index (AFI) assessment criteria matrix specific to the Alternative Land Use Services program (ALUS) indicates the weights assigned to agri-environmental AFI dimension (We), ecological management foci (Wf) and indicators (Wi).

Figure 2. The detailed agri-environmental footprint index (AFI) assessment criteria matrix specific to the Alternative Land Use Services program (ALUS) indicates the weights assigned to agri-environmental AFI dimension (We), ecological management foci (Wf) and indicators (Wi).

Table 2. Blanshard: wetland enrolment.

Table 3. Blanshard: wetland payments (CAD$).

Table 4. Blanshard and adjacent landowner survey results: Year 1.

Table 5. Blanshard landowner survey results: Year 2.

Table 6. Summary statistics for Alternative Land Use Services program (ALUS) participant and non-participant agri-environmental footprint index (AFI) indicators.

Table 7. Participant and non-participant agri-environmental footprint index (AFI).

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