Abstract
Suburban and exurban areas are among the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada. Considerable investments have been made in planning for and retaining open space to conserve habitat and connectivity as cities and towns expand into surrounding agricultural lands. Concurrent development of incentives for adopting conservation practices on agricultural land often pursue similar conservation objectives; however, these policies are often developed independently and fail to account for linkages between agricultural and exurban landscapes. The combination of open space planning and agricultural incentives may create increased conservation opportunities at the urban-agricultural interface but requires understanding how factors affecting incentive adoption affect the spatial arrangement of conserved habitats and how that arrangement subsequently affects the species those habitats were intended to serve. We introduce our symposium using examples from the United States and Canada to illustrate the policy challenge and identify important attributes of a more integrated approach.
Original language | American English |
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State | Published - 23 Jun 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2018 Annual Meeting of the North American Congress for Conservation Biology - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Duration: 23 Jun 2018 → … |
Conference
Conference | 2018 Annual Meeting of the North American Congress for Conservation Biology |
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Period | 23/06/18 → … |
EGS Disciplines
- Environmental Sciences