Production Desert Uplands respondents also represented
a relatively homogenous group of landholders. In contrast to the
Cassowary Coast respondents, the Desert Uplands respondents
lived in savannah landscapes on large acreages used for lowdensity
cattle grazing, which provided a substantial portion of the house-
hold income. These respondents were interested in cost-effective
programs that primarily provided production benefits, potentially
with simultaneous conservation benefits; weremotivated by direct
financial incentives and the opportunity to modify and monitor
their land management practices to observe changes in the quality
and quantity of pasture. These respondents may be unlikely to
participate in a program that does not offer observable benefits
to their production business. Accordingly, their major barriers to
participation were the threat of lost productivity and a reluctance
to commit land solely for conservation, based on the perception
that their cattle grazing operations provided both production and
conservation benefits.
The design of the Desert Uplands Landscape Linkages program
took direct account of the two barriers identified by the respon-
dents. First, the program was designed to influence land use prac-
tices to increase the biomass of native pasture and thereby create
production benefits. Second, the monitoring program demon-
strated to both participants and other stakeholders that production
and conservation activities can co-exist; that is, biomass can
increase in quality and quantity and so the landscape can be
managed to provide multiple outcomes (Windle et al., 2009).
The program, however, did potentially lend itself to perverse
environmental outcomes, such as slippage and low additionality.
Slippage, movement away from the desired goal (Wu, 2000), can
Production Desert Uplands respondents also representeda relatively homogenous group of landholders. In contrast to theCassowary Coast respondents, the Desert Uplands respondentslived in savannah landscapes on large acreages used for lowdensitycattle grazing, which provided a substantial portion of the house-hold income. These respondents were interested in cost-effectiveprograms that primarily provided production benefits, potentiallywith simultaneous conservation benefits; weremotivated by directfinancial incentives and the opportunity to modify and monitortheir land management practices to observe changes in the qualityand quantity of pasture. These respondents may be unlikely toparticipate in a program that does not offer observable benefitsto their production business. Accordingly, their major barriers toparticipation were the threat of lost productivity and a reluctanceto commit land solely for conservation, based on the perceptionthat their cattle grazing operations provided both production andconservation benefits.The design of the Desert Uplands Landscape Linkages programtook direct account of the two barriers identified by the respon-dents. First, the program was designed to influence land use prac-tices to increase the biomass of native pasture and thereby createproduction benefits. Second, the monitoring program demon-strated to both participants and other stakeholders that productionand conservation activities can co-exist; that is, biomass canincrease in quality and quantity and so the landscape can bemanaged to provide multiple outcomes (Windle et al., 2009).The program, however, did potentially lend itself to perverseenvironmental outcomes, such as slippage and low additionality.Slippage, movement away from the desired goal (Wu, 2000), can
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