Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level
Land rental markets are growing worldwide and facilitate efficient utilization of land. However, the short duration of occupancy and limited property rights mean that rental contracts may discourage longer-term sustainable land management. Direct investigation into the relationship between land tenu...
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| description | Land rental markets are growing worldwide and facilitate efficient utilization of land. However, the short duration of occupancy and limited property rights mean that rental contracts may discourage longer-term sustainable land management. Direct investigation into the relationship between land tenure and ecological outcomes has been hampered by scale-appropriate data on land tenure, resource management, and land outcomes. In this paper, we address these issues with a study design that combines participatory mapping, household surveys, and remote sensing. We analyzed these data in a multilevel statistical model, controlling for environmental and land management influences. Our results show that rented land parcels are associated with worse rangeland outcomes compared to privately held parcels. This study contributes to the literature by documenting important empirical effects of rental markets and presenting a replicable workflow for integrating earth observations and micro-level survey data, which can be adopted by researchers and practitioners in regions where land registry data is unavailable or inaccessible. The results have important implications for incentive and compensatory-based environmental policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67e9ccad6012490fb85c0020fb4118412023-08-09T15:16:59ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262023-01-0118707400510.1088/1748-9326/acd8d9Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel levelLuci Lu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2943-4032Ping Li1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-1262Margaret Kalacska2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1676-481XBrian E Robinson3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-8318Department of Geography, McGill University , Montreal, QC H2A 0B9, CanadaInstitute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hohhot 010010, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Geography, McGill University , Montreal, QC H2A 0B9, CanadaDepartment of Geography, McGill University , Montreal, QC H2A 0B9, CanadaLand rental markets are growing worldwide and facilitate efficient utilization of land. However, the short duration of occupancy and limited property rights mean that rental contracts may discourage longer-term sustainable land management. Direct investigation into the relationship between land tenure and ecological outcomes has been hampered by scale-appropriate data on land tenure, resource management, and land outcomes. In this paper, we address these issues with a study design that combines participatory mapping, household surveys, and remote sensing. We analyzed these data in a multilevel statistical model, controlling for environmental and land management influences. Our results show that rented land parcels are associated with worse rangeland outcomes compared to privately held parcels. This study contributes to the literature by documenting important empirical effects of rental markets and presenting a replicable workflow for integrating earth observations and micro-level survey data, which can be adopted by researchers and practitioners in regions where land registry data is unavailable or inaccessible. The results have important implications for incentive and compensatory-based environmental policy.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd8d9land tenurerangelandpayment for ecosystem servicesrentalremote sensingparticipatory mapping |
| spellingShingle | Luci Lu Ping Li Margaret Kalacska Brian E Robinson Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level Environmental Research Letters land tenure rangeland payment for ecosystem services rental remote sensing participatory mapping |
| title | Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| title_full | Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| title_fullStr | Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| title_short | Environmental impacts of renting rangelands: integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| title_sort | environmental impacts of renting rangelands integrating remote sensing and household surveys at the parcel level |
| topic | land tenure rangeland payment for ecosystem services rental remote sensing participatory mapping |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd8d9 |
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