A systematic approach for assessing spatially and temporally differentiated opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation measures in grasslands

Mewes, Melanie; Drechsler, Martín; Johst, Karin; Sturm, Astrid; Wätzold, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.03.010

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“…The grassland patches were managed to maximize profit for farmers (i.e., fertilizer was applied and mowing took place in the third week of May, 6 weeks later, and again 6 weeks after that [Mewes et al. ]). We assumed an agency offered a payment if farmers applied a conservation measure: mowing meadows only at the end of May and mid‐July and no fertilizer application.…”

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Cost‐effectiveness of conservation payment schemes for species with different range sizes

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Payments to compensate landowners for carrying out costly land-use measures that benefit endangered biodiversity have become an important policy instrument. When designing such payments, it is important to take into account that spatially connected habitats are more valuable for many species than isolated ones. One way to incentivize provision of connected habitats is to offer landowners an agglomeration bonus, that is, a bonus on top of payments they are receiving to conserve land if the land is spatially connected. Researchers have compared the cost-effectiveness of the agglomeration bonus with 2 alternatives: an all-or-nothing, agglomeration payment, where landowners receive a payment only if the conserved land parcels have a certain level of spatial connectivity, and a spatially homogeneous payment, where landowners receive a payment for conserved land parcels irrespective of their location. Their results show the agglomeration bonus is rarely the most cost-effective option, and when it is, it is only slightly better than one of the alternatives. This suggests that the agglomeration bonus should not be given priority as a policy design option. However, this finding is based on consideration of only 1 species. We examined whether the same applied to 2 species, one for which the homogeneous payment is best and the other for which the agglomeration payment is most cost-effective. We modified a published conceptual model so that we were able to assess the cost-effectiveness of payment schemes for 2 species and applied it to a grassland bird and a grassland butterfly in Germany that require the same habitat but have different spatial-connectivity needs. When conserving both species, the agglomeration bonus was more cost-effective than the agglomeration and the homogeneous payment; thus, we showed that as a policy the agglomeration bonus is a useful conservation-payment option.

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“…These costs varied in the region (range €152–173 based on [Mewes et al. ]). Additional variations in c i arose from farm‐specific characteristics (e.g., machinery and work processes of farmers) and different farmer preferences for conservation.…”

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Cost‐effectiveness of conservation payment schemes for species with different range sizes

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“…Opportunity costs are often used to estimate landholders’ compensation when conservation is conducted on private lands, particularly agricultural land (Mewes et al. ).…”

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How economics can further the success of ecological restoration

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Restoration scientists and practitioners have recently begun to include economic and social aspects in the design and investment decisions for restoration projects. With few exceptions, ecological restoration studies that include economics focus solely on evaluating costs of restoration projects. However, economic principles, tools, and instruments can be applied to a range of other factors that affect project success. We considered the relevance of applying economics to address 4 key challenges of ecological restoration: assessing social and economic benefits, estimating overall costs, project prioritization and selection, and long-term financing of restoration programs. We found it is uncommon to consider all types of benefits (such as nonmarket values) and costs (such as transaction costs) in restoration programs. Total benefit of a restoration project can be estimated using market prices and various nonmarket valuation techniques. Total cost of a project can be estimated using methods based on property or land-sale prices, such as hedonic pricing method and organizational surveys. Securing continuous (or long-term) funding is also vital to accomplishing restoration goals and can be achieved by establishing synergy with existing programs, public-private partnerships, and financing through taxation.

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“…Качество силосования оценивалось по физико-химическим показателям (наличие молочной кислоты, уровень рН) [9][10][11].…”

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The influence of bacterial cultures on the conservation of green fodders

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Meshcheryakova²,

Новикова³

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Vestn. Voronež. gos. univ. inž. tehnol.

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A systematic approach for assessing spatially and temporally differentiated opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation measures in grasslands

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Cost‐effectiveness of conservation payment schemes for species with different range sizes

Cost‐effectiveness of conservation payment schemes for species with different range sizes

How economics can further the success of ecological restoration

The influence of bacterial cultures on the conservation of green fodders

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