The study raises the issues of valuing biodiversity through a national survey to improve the national accounts. Biodiversity cum species protection was explained in a telephone survey. The willingness to pay (WTP) for forest biodiversity is estimated by a Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation...

L'importance de la forêt pour la société rend nécessaire l’évaluation du patrimoine forestier qu’elle représente, des biens et services qu’elle produit et du fonctionnement de la filière. Une comptabilité économique et environnementale régulière reposant sur une méthodologie...

In this article, we empirically assess the efficiency of Natura 2000 contracts in forest, a payment for environmental service (PES) scheme, aiming at biodiversity conservation. To do so, we perform a bio-econometric analysis of public and private contracts in France. We estimate a cost function...

Natura 2000 is a European Union network of protected areas. In France, all forest owners whose forests are located in a Natura 2000 site are eligible to enroll in a biodiversity conservation program by signing a Natura 2000 contract. In this case, the forest owner benefit from financial support...

This paper investigates the joint production of timber and biodiversity by non-industrial private forest owners using a micro-econometric household production model. The objective of the paper is to explain the relationships between harvest strategies, timber price and the observed diversity of...

The implementation of nature conservation policy in the EU is often based on contracts between public authorities and landowners. We model these contracts in the presence of adverse selection and moral hazard when the outcome is uncertain. The results show that agents, who have high probability...

La biodiversité en forêt est au coeur d’enjeux économiques et environnementaux. Elle a une valeur économique, révélée par les ménages et elle conditionne l’état écologique de la forêt. Des incitations à la préserver sont parfois nécessaires. Plus généralement, elle pose la...