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The social benefits and costs of preserving forest biodiversity and ecosystem services
Lindhjem, Henrik; Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Navrud, Ståle; … - In: Journal of environmental economics and policy 4 (2015) 2, pp. 202-222
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011311701
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Seeing and doing conservation differently : a discussion of landscape aesthetics, wilderness, and biodiversity conservation
Saunders, Fred P. - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 22 (2013) 1, pp. 3-24
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712411
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Are diverse ecosystems more valuable? : a conceptual framework for economic valuation of biodiversity
Bartkowski, Bartosz - 2016
Biodiversity is an important environmental public good. However, the literature suggests that it is not clear how its … biodiversity value from the ecological and economic literatures and combines them to a comprehensive and consistent framework. It … is argued that biodiversity is the main carrier of insurance value, option value and spill-over value, and also …
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Estimating optimal conservation in agricultural landscapes when costs and benefits of conservation measures are heterogeneous in space and over time
Wätzold, Frank; Lienhoop, Nele; Drechsler, Martin; … - 2006
Designing agri-environmental schemes targeted at conservation poses the key question of how many financial resources should be allocated to address a particular aim such as the conservation of an endangered species. Economists can contribute to an answer by estimating the 'optimal level of...
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Recent advances in the valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity
Atkinson, Giles; Bateman, Ian; Mourato, Susana - In: Oxford review of economic policy 28 (2012) 1, pp. 22-47
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Inequality and the value of public natural capital
Meya, Jasper; Baumgärtner, Stefan; Drupp, Moritz A.; … - 2020
We study how income inequality affects the social value of a dynamic public good, such as natural capital. Our theory shows that both intra- and intertemporal inequality affect the social value of public natural capital. The direction and size of the effects are driven by the degree of...
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Planning on a wider scale : Swedish forest owners' preferences for landscape policy attributes
Bostedt, Göran; Zabel, Astrid; Ekvall, Hans - 2019
A tax-fund system has been proposed to advance Swedish forest conservation. We present a choice experiment with Swedish private forest owners on preferences for attributes of a tax-fund system. Focusing on three aspects: (i) freedom to choose set-asides, (ii) equity issues, and (iii) frequency...
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How valuable are national parks? : evidence from a proposed national park expansion in Alaska
Spanbauer, Michael; Johnson, Lindsay; Button, Patrick - 2017
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Trade-offs between carbon sequestration, landscape aesthetics and biodiversity in a cost-benefit analysis of land use options in Norway
Iversen, Endre Kildal; Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Lindhjem, … - 2019
semi-natural pastureland. However, the program may have negative impacts on landscape aesthetics and biodiversity. We … from carbon sequestration and biodiversity seem more constant across space. The net present value of all land use … substantial hypothetical bias in benefit estimates and for cost increases. Results indicate that landscape and biodiversity values …
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International willingness to pay for the protection of the Amazon rainforest
Siikamäki, Juha V.; Krupnick, Alan J.; Strand, Jon; … - 2019
rationale for Amazon protection: the valuation of its biodiversity and forests as natural heritage to the international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008161