I agree. But again the difference is whether that land is privately owned or publicly owned. There is a world of difference in terms of the legal rights of landowners and so on.
Going on to the private land versus public land in an agricultural area--and maybe I'm going too far with this question--wouldn't you agree that on privately owned agricultural landscape the provision of incentives to private landowners to conserve species is much more effective than is the imposition of regulations on the private use of private land?