The economic value of old growth trees in Israel

Becker, Nir; Freeman, S.

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2009.08.004

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“…Large, hollow trees are known to be vulnerable to fire. (Lanner 2002;Becker and Freeman 2009;Crane et al 2017) especially in hot, arid places such as California or Australia . Although wildfires are infrequent and localised in the UK, fire damage through vandalism is a more common cause of ancient tree loss (Kirby et al 1995).…”

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The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK

et al. 2020

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Ancient, veteran and notable trees are ecologically important keystone organisms and have tangible connections to folklore, history and sociocultural practices. Although found worldwide, few countries have such a rich history of recording and treasuring these trees as the UK, with its extensive Royal and aristocratic land ownership, unique land management methods and long-standing interest in natural history and species record collecting. As a result, the UK has collated an extensive database of ancient, veteran and notable trees called the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI). The ATI is the result of a successful, long-term citizen science recording project and is the most comprehensive database of ancient and other noteworthy trees to date. We present here the first review of the ATI in its entirety since its initiation in 2004, including summaries of the UK ancient, veteran and notable tree distributions, the status and condition of the trees, and key information about the recording process and maintenance of the database. Statistical analysis of components of the dataset, comprising 169,967 tree records, suggest there are significant differences in the threats, size, form and location of different types of trees, especially in relation to taxonomic identity and tree age. Our goal is to highlight the value of the ATI in the UK, to encourage the development of similar ancient tree recording projects in other countries, and to emphasise the importance to conservation of continued efforts to maintain and expand databases of this kind.

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The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK

et al. 2020

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“…Still, the author reports that this has resulted in a significantly lower valuation. Thus, while little can be said of its prevalence and scope until now, hypothetical bias is a substantial concern as the contingent valuation approach continues to be widely applied in forest economics (some recent examples include Becker and Freeman, 2009;Madureira et al, 2011).…”

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Testing for hypothetical bias in willingness to support a reforestation program

Krawczyk

2012

JFE

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a b s t r a c tThis study measures hypothetical bias in CVM-based estimates of willingness to support a forest protection and restoration program in Poland. It does so in two parallel ways: within-and betweensubjects. To this end, participants are asked to vote in a referendum on an NGO-led reforestation project for various per-capita cost levels. They do so either directly or, as a surprise continuation, after a hypothetical analogue. Both methods deliver a similar (and substantial) level of hypothetical bias -it is slightly higher, but not significantly so, in the between-subject comparison. This suggests that hypothetical bias in this context is not primarily driven by such factors as consistency seeking or impression management.

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“…Beyond the market value of its output, agricultural land has been acknowledged as a source of amenity value (Fleischer and Tsur 2009;Kan et al 2009), both in the form of non-market benefits through recreation and for its association with rural tourism (Tchetchik et al 2008). Heritage considerations are among the drivers for preservation of old olive groves and may be associated with substantial non-use values (Loumou and Giourga 2003;Becker and Freeman 2009). The extent to which the impacts of climate change identified in this study will affect Israeli society, culture and environment at large remain to be investigated.…”

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Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetative Agriculture Markets in Israel

Zelingher

Ghermandi

Cian

et al. 2019

Environ Resource Econ

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We integrate the combined agricultural production effects of forecasted changes in CO 2 , temperature and precipitation into a multi-regional, country-wide partial equilibrium positive mathematical programming model. By conducting a meta-analysis of 2103 experimental observations from 259 agronomic studies we estimate production functions relating yields to CO 2 concentration and temperature for 55 crops. We apply the model to simulate climate change in Israel based on 15 agricultural production regions. Downscaled projections for CO 2 concentration, temperature and precipitation were derived from three general circulation models and four representative concentration pathways, showing temperature increase and precipitation decline throughout most of the county during the future periods 2041-2060 and 2061-2080. Given the constrained regional freshwater and non-freshwater quotas, farmers will adapt by partial abandonment of agriculture lands, increasing focus on crops grown in controlled environments at the expense of open-field and rain-fed crops. Both agricultural production and prices decline, leading to reduced agricultural revenues; nevertheless, production costs reduce at a larger extent such that farming profits increase. As total consumer surplus also augments, overall social welfare rises. We find that this outcome is reversed if the positive fertilization effects of increased CO 2 concentrations are overlooked.

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The economic value of old growth trees in Israel

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK

The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK

Testing for hypothetical bias in willingness to support a reforestation program

Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetative Agriculture Markets in Israel

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