Stakeholder perceptions of an ecosystem services approach to clearing invasive alien plants on private land.
Stakeholder perceptions of an ecosystem services approach to clearing invasive alien plants on private land.
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利益相关者对清除私人土地上的外来入侵植物的生态系统服务方法的看法。
DOI：
10.5751/es-05259-180126
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
K. Esler
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作者：
L. Urgenson;H. Prozesky;K. Esler
激励私人土地所有者和其他利益攸关方是有效保护工作景观中生态系统服务的核心。为了更好地了解如何设计有效的激励措施，土地所有者和其他利益相关者的看法进行了探讨，就拟议的方法来清除在南非西开普省的私人土地上的外来入侵植物。公共资助的国家计划“为水而工作”保护生态系统服务，同时雇用和培训来自社会边缘化部门的人来清除这些植物。私人土地所有者的参与是一个关键的保护挑战，因为没有足够的土地所有者的参与，外来入侵植物坚持在景观和不断重新入侵清除地区。我们收集了来自三个研究地点的私人土地所有者的访谈数据，以及来自保护专业人员和为水工作管理人员的网络调查数据，以比较利益相关者对以下内容的看法：（1）政府和土地所有者清除外来入侵植物的责任;（2）现有和拟议的政策工具;（3）利益相关者认为拟议的财政激励措施足够的程度。利益攸关方之间达成了重大共识，他们倾向于共同的土地所有者和政府责任，倾向于采取一种激励与抑制相结合的政策组合。三个研究地点的土地所有者愿意承担的责任程度不同。利益攸关方对拟议的财政激励措施的看法也存在分歧。此外，土地所有者的观点与他们所在景观的生态和社会特征密切相关。了解利益相关者的观点在他们不同的背景下被证明是一个有价值的手段，深入了解面临的机会和制约因素，生态系统服务保护工作的景观。
Incentivizing private landowners and other stakeholders is central to the effective conservation of ecosystem services in working landscapes. To better understand how to design effective incentives, the perceptions of landowners and other stakeholders are explored regarding a proposed approach to clearing invasive alien plants on private land in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The public funded national program, Working for Water, conserves ecosystem services while employing and training people from marginalized sectors of society to clear these plants. Private landowner involvement is a key conservation challenge, because without adequate landowner involvement, invasive alien plants persist on the landscape and continuously reinvade cleared areas. We collected interview data from private landowners in three study sites, and websurvey data from conservation professionals and Working for Water managers, in order to compare stakeholder perceptions of (1) government and landowners’ responsibilities for clearing invasive alien plants; (2) existing and proposed policy tools; and (3) the extent to which stakeholders consider the proposed financial incentive to be sufficient. There was significant consensus among stakeholders concerning their preference for shared landowner and government responsibility and for a policy mix that combines incentives with disincentives. Landowners from the three study sites differed in the level of responsibility they were willing to assume. Stakeholders also diverged in terms of their perceptions of the proposed financial incentives. Furthermore, the perspectives of landowners were strongly associated with ecological and social features of the landscapes in which they are located. Understanding stakeholders’ points of view within their differing contexts is shown to be a valuable means of gaining insight into the opportunities and constraints that face ecosystem service conservation in working landscapes.