Can incentives make a difference? Assessing the effects of policy tools for encouraging tree-planting on private lands
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Tatyana Ruseva Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: This study uses a mail survey of private landowners in the Midwest United States to understand the characteristics of owners who have planted trees or intend to plant trees in the future. The analysis examines what policy tools encourage owners to plant trees, and how policy tools operate across different ownership attributes to promote tree-planting on private lands. Logistic regression results suggest that cost-subsidizing policy tools, such as low-cost and free seedlings, signi?cantly increase the odds of actual and planned reforestation when landowners consider them important for increasing forest cover. Individuals most likely to plant trees, when low-cost seedlings are available and important, are fairly recent (<5 years), college-educated owners who own small parcels (<4 ha) and use the land for recreation. Motivations to reforest were also shaped by owners' planning horizons, connection to the land, previous tree-planting experience, and peer in?uence. The study has relevance for the design of policy approaches that can encourage private forestation through provision of economic incentives and capacity to private landowners.
Can incentives make a difference? Assessing the effects of policy tools for encouraging tree-planting on private lands
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- Publication
- Tatyana B. Ruseva, Tom P. Evans & Burnell C. Fischer (2015) "Can incentives make a difference? Assessing the effects of policy tools for encouraging tree-planting on private lands" Journal of Environmental Management #155 pp. 162-170 Version of Record Available @ (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.026)
- Language: English
- Date: 2015
- Keywords
- Reforestation, Policy tools, Seedlings, Private forests, Tree-planting