Preferences for biodiversity offset contracts on arable land: a choice experiment study with farmers

Vaissière, Anne‐Charlotte; Tardieu, Léa; Quétier, Fabien; Roussel, Sébastien

doi:10.1093/erae/jby006

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“…The general conclusions that can be drawn from the literature with respect to farmers' WTA for other contractual attributes relevant to our study is that the contract length, termination flexibility, rigidity of requirements and possibility to maintain prior agricultural activities, and area and share of land enrolled are all important drivers of farmers' decisions. WTA is lower for contracts that are shorter (Ruto and Garrod 2009, Christensen et al 2011, Greiner 2016, Vaissière et al 2018, with an opt-out possibility (Broch andVedel 2011, Christensen et al 2011), in which farmers freely decide on the parcel, area or share of land enrolled or re-enrolled each year (Wynn et al 2001, Espinosa-Goded et al 2010, Christensen et al 2011, Alló et al 2015, have less stringent requirements (Ruto and Garrod 2009), and that allow to continue prior agricultural activities, management strategies (Espinosa-Goded et al 2010), and unrestricted managerial decisions (Schulz et al 2014, Alló et al 2015).…”

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Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area

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Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area

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“…In conclusion, using a long-term, individual-based demographic survey coupled with a simple economic analysis, we were able to devise evidence-based, cost-effective land management scenarios tailored for the species, the sites and the economic context under study. Our findings are not only relevant to the design of agri-environmental schemes but also to other performance-based payments for conservation, as in the implementation of biodiversity offset requirements by developers (Calvet, Le Coënt, Napoléone, & Quétier, 2017;Vaissière, Tardieu, Quétier, & Roussel, 2017). In the absence of long-term individual-based demographic data, evaluation of land management has often relied on coarser and sparser indicators like species density or richness (Kleijn et al, 2006(Kleijn et al, , 2009 or on species distribution models fitted on abundance data (van Teeffelen, Cabeza, Pöyry, Raatikainen, & Kuussaari, 2008).…”

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Paying for conservation: A bioeconomic analysis of the effects of land management options on the viability of an endangered species, Eryngium alpinum

Andrello

Devaux

Quétier³

et al. 2018

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Land management is critical for biodiversity conservation in mountain grasslands. It should be both ecologically effective and economically efficient. We provide an economic analysis of different options (spring and autumn grazing, mowing and abandonment) and their effects on population viability of a rare plant species, Eryngium alpinum (Apiaceae), in two French mountain grassland sites (Fournel and Pralognan). Using data collected in a 10‐year individual‐based demographic study, we estimated the effects of land management options on the population growth rate and simulated the effect of combinations of options. Income earned through each option was estimated using data on associated costs (price of consumables, working time and wages) and benefits (forage production, quality and price), and we assessed the economic effects of agri‐environment subsidies (AESs). We also simulated the effects of increased frequencies of extreme climatic events (such as the 2003 heatwave). Spring grazing was the worst option for E. alpinum demography but the best in economic terms, as it provided net positive incomes. Autumn grazing was the best option, resulting in positive growth rates and incomes, even if the latter were lower than for spring grazing. Mowing was the second best option for demography but resulted in economic losses for farmers. Abandonment provided zero income and was not favourable to population growth. In Fournel, AESs allowed for economically and ecologically near‐optimal combinations of management options. In Pralognan, alternating years of grazing with mowing resulted in an acceptable compromise, with positive growth rates and incomes, but AESs were not sufficient to cover the opportunity cost of spring and autumn grazing. Mowing was also unattractive because of the inaccessibility of the site and impossibility to recover the hay to make forage. Simulations with increased frequency of extreme climatic events resulted in negative growth rates in Pralognan, questioning the continuation of AESs in extinction‐prone populations. Synthesis and applications. The conservation effectiveness and economic efficiency of grassland management could be improved by alternating practices over several years. However, existing agri‐environment subsidies would barely be sufficient to increase uptake of the most favourable land management options for biodiversity.

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“…83 Habitat-based offsets often require the acquisition or conservation management of land that would otherwise not have been contributing to conservation to the same degree. Offsets may be hard to find because landholders are unwilling to restrict their management rights 84 or because enough suitable land is simply unavailable (e.g., in Sabah, Malaysia, 85 or France 86 ), and instances of land scarcity are likely to increase in the future. This may drive greater emphasis in future on non-site-based offsets (e.g., behaviorchange interventions to reduce biodiversity loss).…”

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The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

Ermgassen

Utamiputri²,

Bennun

et al. 2019

One Earth

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Over US$60 trillion is predicted to be spent on new infrastructure globally by 2040. Is it possible to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 (develop infrastructure networks) without sacrificing goals 14 and 15 (ending biodiversity loss)? We explore the potential role of ''no net loss'' (NNL) policies in reconciling these SDGs. We assess country-level overlaps between planned infrastructure expansion, infrastructure-threatened biodiversity, and national biodiversity compensation policies and find that around half of predicted infrastructure and infrastructure-threatened biodiversity falls within countries with some form of mandatory compensation policy. However, these policies currently have shortcomings, are unlikely to achieve NNL in biodiversity, and could risk doing more harm than good. We summarize policy transformations required for NNL policies to mitigate all infrastructure impacts on biodiversity. To achieve SDGs 9 alongside 14 and 15, capitalizing on the global coverage of mandatory compensation policies and rapidly transforming them into robust NNL policies (emphasizing impact avoidance) should be an urgent priority.

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Preferences for biodiversity offset contracts on arable land: a choice experiment study with farmers

Cited by 48 publications

References 63 publications

Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area

Drivers of farmers’ willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area

Paying for conservation: A bioeconomic analysis of the effects of land management options on the viability of an endangered species, Eryngium alpinum

The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

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