There are a number of examples. There's the cows and fish program in Alberta. Prince Edward Island's doing a lot of work under the alternative land use services.
Regarding your comment about regulations versus incentives, farmers have been known to be somewhat independent. If somebody comes in with a clipboard and writes you up on regulations, usually that isn't the start of a good relationship. If a conservation person comes in and starts talking to you about things that you could do to improve the habitat and that they have some programs they think you could fit into, then it's a whole different conversation.
I'm going back to what you mentioned about the outcome. Quite often what we see at the farm level is that where there's a win, sometimes, for the environment, then there's also a win for the farmer.