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MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS: A TOOL FOR CONSERVATION
Author(s) -
Leonard Patrick
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1982.tb00740.x
Subject(s) - business , damages , land management , environmental planning , environmental resource management , land use , land tenure , agriculture , nature conservation , conflict management , natural resource economics , economics , political science , geography , ecology , civil engineering , archaeology , engineering , law , biology
Multiple land use management for agriculture, conservation and other objectives is a generally accepted goal. Where land use change is economically beneficial to the landowner and damages conservation values, conflicts arise. Management agreements are one means of resolving such conflicts but they must be set within a better development, policy, information and management framework. Land acquisition by conservation bodies and tax exemptions are alternative means of achieving the same objectives. Few management agreements have yet been negotiated but the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gives them a central place in resolving such conflicts in the future. Devising equitable methods of financial compensation will be the key to the success of management agreements in resolving land use conflicts.