Synthesizing conservation motivations and barriers: what have we learned from qualitative studies of farmers' behaviors in the United States?

P Ranjan, SP Church, K Floress… - Society & Natural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Since 2011, qualitative studies examining adoption of conservation practices and programs
(CPPs) have burgeoned. This article presents a systematic review of all US-based …

Estimating residents' WTP for ecosystem services improvement in a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program: A choice experiment approach

JC Ureta, M Motallebi, M Vassalos, S Seagle… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Conservation programs help mitigate the detrimental effects on ecosystems and ecosystem
services (ES). However, continuous financial support is essential for their sustainability …

Can water quality trading fix the agricultural nonpoint source problem?

K Stephenson, L Shabman - Annual Review of Resource …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Policy analysts and government agencies promote a particular form of what they term water
quality trading as a means to address the most vexing obstacle to meeting water quality …

Increasing the effectiveness and adoption of agricultural phosphorus management strategies to minimize water quality impairment

DL Osmond, AL Shober, AN Sharpley… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is essential for optimum agricultural production, but it also causes water
quality degradation when lost through erosion (sediment‐attached P), runoff (soluble …

[PDF][PDF] Identifying the causes of low participation rates in conservation tenders

J Rolfe, S Schilizzi, P Boxall… - … of Environmental and …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Conservation tenders are being used as a policy mechanism to deliver environmental
benefits through changes in land, water and biodiversity management. While these …

Trading on risk: the moral logics and economic reasoning of North Carolina farmers in water quality trading markets

C O'Connell, M Motallebi, DL Osmond… - Economic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Water quality trading (WQT) is a popular policy for improving the quality of waterways across
the United States by reducing water pollution. However, in established markets, few trades …

Policy utopias for nutrient credit trading programs with nonpoint sources

DLK Hoag, M Arabi, D Osmond… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A promising program to address water contamination from nutrients is water quality trading
(WQT), whereby entities with high abatement costs purchase credits from entities with lower …

An economic inquisition of water quality trading programs, with a case study of Jordan Lake, NC

M Motallebi, DL Hoag, A Tasdighi, M Arabi… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
A water quality trading (WQT) program was promulgated in North Carolina to address water
quality issues related to nutrients in the highly urbanizing Jordan Lake Watershed. Although …

Prioritizing Irrigation‐System Upgrades to Maximize Improvements to Agricultural Drain‐Network Water Quality: A Graph‐Theoretic Approach

DR Harp, AS Orlando, E Hohn, A Sood… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We develop and demonstrate an approach to optimally prioritize fields for irrigation‐system
upgrades to improve agricultural‐drain discharge water quality. The approach accounts for …

Exploring nontraditional participation as an approach to make water quality trading markets more effective

MT Heberling, HW Thurston… - JAWRA Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Water quality trading (WQT) has the potential to be a low‐cost means for achieving water
quality goals. WQT allows regulated wastewater treatment plants (WWTP s) facing discharge …