North Carolina's Natural Heritage Program: a case for public-private cooperation.

摘要: Voluntary conservation programs are an effective tool for recognizing and preserving the value of special places on private forestlands. We evaluate landowner participation in Natural Heritage Program NorthCarolina, finding that landowners more likely to enroll land with high ecological significance this voluntary program. is less lands remote from threats such as roads, have higher other uses, near already conserved by public.