Tradeoffs between forestry resource and conservation values under alternate policy regimes: A spatial analysis of the western Canadian boreal plains

Relationships Between Ecosystem Services: Comparing Methods for Assessing Tradeoffs and Synergies

“…adding more scenarios to the analysis will not improve substantially the production frontier) (Lester et al, 2013). Another approach uses smart sampling strategies to improve scenario selection, for example constraint optimization (Hauer et al, 2007;Lester et al, 2013), Latin hypercube sampling (Manache and Melching, 2004) or genetic algorithms (Groot et al, 2012;Lautenbach et al, 2013;Seppelt and Voinov, 2002). However, such sampling strategies often ignore that some scenarios are biophysically or socioeconomically unrealistic.…”

“…The construction of production frontier is a two-step procedure (Hauer et al, 2007). First, ES are assessed across a set of management options (as large and diverse as possible) using qualitative information, theoretical models, quantitative models, or empirical data, depending on data available Lester et al, 2013).…”

Economic Growth and Biodiversity: An Overview Conservation Policies in Africa

“…Indeed, systematic conservation planning has long been the preserve of biologists and ecologists; they often ignore the trade-off between costs and benefits of conservation in the analysis of effectiveness of policy (Hauer et al, 2010). Furthermore, most of African countries suffer from lack of spatial economic information for the analysis.…”

The “Wild” or “Feral” Distraction: Effects of Cultural Understandings on Management Controversy Over Free-Ranging Horses (Equus ferus caballus)

“…Individual opinions vary regarding the impacts of free-ranging horses on the landscape and range health, and regarding how the horses should be managed. Yet in general, since the 1950s the culture of expertise among forest and range managers has been primarily oriented towards managing to optimize sustained economic yield and utility of forests and range lands to the forest industry and other stakeholders with economic interests, whether it is through timber or cattle (Jackson and Curry 2002;Wilson 2002;Green 2007;Vernon 2007;Hauer et al 2010;IN07). Although public values and preferences for land management have driven a shift towards more community-based values and decisions-making since the early 1990s (Pinkerton et al 2008), the policies, practices, legal frameworks and culture of governance institutions such as the Ministry of Forests and Range tend to be slow to reflect changes in public values (IN12; Holling and Meffe 1996;Takeda and Ropke 2010).…”