Agricultural Producer Perspectives on Wetlands Conservation in Canada's Prairies

A two-part project investigating agricultural stakeholder views on wetlands. Part one is a systematic mapping of global literature on farmer attitudes and actions regarding wetlands. Part two, to be added later, will include a survey of Canadian prairie producer preferences for wetlands management. The project was authored by Katherine Sainsbury and last updated on April 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Conducting a literature review on global farmer-wetland relationships based on the systematic mapping exercise.
• Analyzing stated preferences for conservation management based on the described survey of Canadian prairie producers.
• Modeling factors influencing agricultural land-use decisions regarding wetland preservation.
• Informing policy design for wetland conservation programs in agricultural regions.

Strengths

• Project is structured in two distinct phases, combining literature synthesis and original survey data.
• Focus is explicitly on the Canadian Prairies, a key agricultural region.
• Last update recorded as April 25, 2026, indicating recent metadata activity.

Limitations

• The second part of the project (the survey data) is noted as 'to be added at a later date', making the current dataset incomplete.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and availability require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation, sample data, file formats, and row counts are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Systematic literature mapping and a planned survey.

Time Range

The systematic mapping covers global literature; the survey's temporal coverage is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 04:11:05; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global literature review; survey component focuses on Canada's Prairies.