scholarly journals Applying the Ecosystem Services Concept to Public Land Management

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Kline ◽  
Marisa J. Mazzotta ◽  
Thomas A. Spies ◽  
Mark E. Harmon
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Informational Needs ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Management Paradigms ◽  
Historical Forest

We examine challenges and opportunities involved in applying ecosystem services to public land management with an emphasis on national forests in the United States. We review historical forest management paradigms and related economic approaches, outline a conceptual framework defining the informational needs of forest managers, and consider the feasibility of its application given the types of ecological information typically available and the expanding set of services considered in management decisions. Economists can make their work more relevant to managers by broadening their focus to include qualitative approaches and more directly and effectively collaborating with managers and natural scientists.

Public Land Movement in Nepal: Expanding Coverage and Diminishing Achievements

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-87
Author(s):  
Mahendra Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

In many countries of the developing world, the dominant development discourse is being contested by the emergence of different kinds of social movements and the land rights movements in agrarian socieites is not an exception. Despite having a long historical background, critics suggest that the land governance is largely based on state-centric epistemology and less on the pro-poor discourse of movement and struggle. Building on this critique, this paper highlights different issues, challenges and opportunities of the land-based movements particularly in context of western Tarai region of Nepal. The central proposition of the paper is that there are some significant implications and research gaps to be analyzed under the emerging discourse of “land movement” in Nepal. It therefore argues that ‘public land management’ and ‘public land movement’ are two mutually contested phenomena with contradicting actors, strategies, policy gaps, empirical dilemmas and shifting of power dynamics.  

scholarly journals Conservation of carbon resources and values on public lands: A case study from the National Wildlife Refuge System

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0262218
Author(s):  
Zhiliang Zhu ◽  
Beth Middleton ◽  
Emily Pindilli ◽  
Darren Johnson ◽  
Kurt Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Land ◽  
National Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Management Objectives

Public lands in the United States are those land areas managed by federal, state, and county governments for public purposes such as preservation and recreation. Protecting carbon resources and increasing carbon sequestration capacity are compatible with public land management objectives for healthy and resilient habitats, i.e., managing habitats for the benefit of wildlife and ecosystem services can simultaneously capture and store carbon. To evaluate the effect of public land management on carbon storage and review carbon management as part of the land management objectives, we used existing data of carbon stock and net ecosystem carbon balance in a study of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), a public land management program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Total carbon storage of the 364 refuges studied was 16.6 PgC, with a mean value 42,981 gCm-2. We used mixed modeling with Bonferroni adjustment techniques to analyze the effect of time since refuge designation on carbon storage. In general, older refuges store more carbon per unit area than younger refuges. In addition to the age factor, carbon resources are variable by regions and habitat types protected in the refuges. Mean carbon stock and the rate of sequestration are higher within refuges than outside refuges, but the statistical comparison of 364 refuges analyzed in this study was not significant. We also used the social cost of carbon to analyze the annual benefits of sequestrating carbon in these publicly managed lands in the United States, which is over $976 million per year in avoided CO2 emissions via specific conservation management actions. We examine case studies of management, particularly with respect to Service cooperation activities with The Conservation Fund (TCF) Go Zero® Program, Trust for Public Land (TPL) and individuals. Additional opportunities exist in improving techniques to maximize carbon resources in refuges, while continuing to meet the core purpose and need of the NWRS.

Public Land Management Agencies’ and Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners’ Perceptions towards Ecosystem Services

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Stein ◽  
Namyun Kil ◽  
Alexis Frank ◽  
Alison E. Adams ◽  
Damian C. Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Private Landowners ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Nonindustrial Private Forest ◽  
Public Forests

The state of Florida has more than 16 million acres of forestland. From clean air to pulp for paper to aesthetic landscapes, humans benefit from private and public forests in many different ways. However, small private landowners and public land management agencies manage the majority of this land, and it is up to these people to decide how society will benefit from those forests. This paper uses the concept of ecosystem services to explore the reasons why public land management agencies and private landowners manage their forests. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Taylor Stein, Namyun Kil, Alexis Frank, Alison E. Adams, Damian C. Adams, and Francisco J. Escobedo, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, July 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr380

scholarly journals The Use of Citizen Science to Achieve Multivariate Management Goals on Public Lands

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Sara Souther ◽  
Vincent Randall ◽  
Nanebah Lyndon
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Ecological Integrity ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Federal Land ◽  
Botanical Research ◽  
Federal Land Management

Federal land management agencies in the US are tasked with maintaining the ecological integrity of over 2 million km2 of land for myriad public uses. Citizen science, operating at the nexus of science, education, and outreach, offers unique benefits to address socio-ecological questions and problems, and thus may offer novel opportunities to support the complex mission of public land managers. Here, we use a case study of an iNaturalist program, the Tribal Nations Botanical Research Collaborative (TNBRC), to examine the use of citizen science programs in public land management. The TNBRC collected 2030 observations of 34 plant species across the project area, while offering learning opportunities for participants. Using occurrence data, we examined observational trends through time and identified five species with 50 or fewer digital observations to investigate as species of possible conservation concern. We compared predictive outcomes of habitat suitability models built using citizen science data and Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data. Models exhibited high agreement, identifying the same underlying predictors of species occurrence and, 95% of the time, identifying the same pixels as suitable habitat. Actions such as staff training on data use and interpretation could enhance integration of citizen science in Federal land management.

Improving institutional incentives for public land management: an econometric analysis of school trust land leases

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW H. BONDS ◽  
JEFFREY J. POMPE
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Boards Of Education ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Conflicting Objectives ◽  
School Trust

There is considerable interest in the proper management of public lands in the United States, but questions arise over what institutional arrangements may ensure proper land stewardship. Recently, the trust doctrine has been heralded as a way to motivate prudent decision making by land managers. School trust lands, which are managed to generate revenues for public schools, represent a long-standing example of the trust doctrine at work. We examine Mississippi school trust leases and show that the trustees, who are elected officials, maintain multiple conflicting objectives, which ultimately undermine the trust relationship. However, we find that a recent institutional change that made the Boards of Education (the fund recipients) the trustees, caused revenues to increase dramatically.

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