Meta-analysis of landowner participation in voluntary incentive programs for provision of forest ecosystem services.

ABSTRACT: Many voluntary incentive programs for provision of forest ecosystem services (ES) have low participation rates, insufficient enrollment areas, and inefficient ecological outcomes. Understanding participation behavior in such programs has therefore become a crucial part of policy success. We synthesized a large body of literature on the behavior of nonindustrial private forest owners based on surveys of stated (intended) participation or data on actual participation in existing or hypothetical programs. Using metaregression analysis, we examined how methodological, program-characteristic, and economic-incentive variables affected participation rate estimates. Participation rates tended to be overestimated when landowner participation was elicited in hypothetical choice situations (compared

SUBMITTER: Mitani Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292860 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature