Abstract Incentive payments to landholders have become increasingly popular as mechanisms achieve conservation goals. Within these economists commonly recommend competitive tenders over fixed rate payment schemes because (a) specialist knowledge of about their own enterprises and costs can be utilized, (b) auction prices are more likely reflect the marginal value resources being used produce en...

Carbon farming has expanded in Australia’s rangelands over recent years, incentivised under the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund. While this largely been driven by economic benefits for landholders, long-term viability of carbon industry depends on its ability to obtain and maintain a social licence operate affected communities. Using combination survey, interview focus group me...

Drawing on a case study of an ecological assessment report used in part for landholder engagement by Australian government biodiversity initiative, this paper illustrates how literary theory and design might aid designing improved versions documents communications to engage inform landholders, which may contribute outcomes. Biodiversity monitoring reporting ecologists record communicate data ca...

Research on adoption of rural innovations is reviewed and interpreted through a cross-disciplinary lens to provide practical guidance for research, extension and policy relating to conservation technologies. Adoption of innovations by landholders is presented as a dynamic learning process. Adoption depends on a range of personal, social, cultural and economic factors, as well as on characterist...

The tropical deforestation literature advocates multi-agent enquiry in recognition that key dynamics arise from inter-agent interactions. Studies of tropical forest-cover gain have lagged in this respect. This article explores the roles and key aspects of interactions shaping natural forest regeneration and active reforestation in Eastern Panama since 1990. It employs household surveys of agric...

While the challenges represented by biodiversity offsets in terms of outcomes have been scrutinised scientific literature, less attention has paid to equity they represent, particularly with regard landholders’ individual ability participate offsets. We address this knowledge gap providing insights into factors that enable some landholders and prevent others offset scheme operating New South Wa...