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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 114, Issue 34, Pages 9134-9139Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620319114
Keywords
tidal marsh migration; shoreline protection; coastal resilience; climate change beliefs; conservation easements
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- Connecticut Sea Grant, University of Connecticut [NA14OAR4170086, R/SS-5]
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fellowship
- Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellowship
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The human aspects of conservation are often overlooked but will be critical for identifying strategies for biological conservation in the face of climate change. We surveyed the behavioral intentions of coastal landowners with respect to various conservation strategies aimed at facilitating ecosystem migration for tidal marshes. We found that several popular strategies, including conservation easements and increasing awareness of ecosystem services, may not interest enough landowners to allow marsh migration at the spatial scales needed to mitigate losses from sea-level rise. We identified less common conservation strategies that have more support but that are unproven in practice and may be more expensive. Our results show that failure to incorporate human dimensions into ecosystem modeling and conservation planning could lead to the use of ineffective strategies and an overly optimistic view of the potential for ecosystem migration into human dominated areas.
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