Understanding the drivers for Natura 2000 payments in forests: A Heckman selection analysis

Sarvašová, Zuzana; Quiroga, Sonia; Suárez, Cristina; Ali, Tamás; Lukminė, Diana; Đorđević, Ilija; Hrib, Michal

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2018.07.003

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“…There are issues with the inefficient use of subsidies from the EU and insufficient control of nature protection by the central EU authorities [42], including problems with the non-functional compensation mechanism for private forests included in the Natura 2000 network [43]. According to Křenová and Kindlmann [42], the negative effects on Natura 2000 habitats and species are stronger in the states with the weak position of the state representatives, such as the Czech Republic or, more generally, Eastern European countries.…”

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Are Valuable and Representative Natural Habitats Sufficiently Protected? Application of Marxan model in the Czech Republic

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The joint impact of human activities and climate change on natural resources lead to biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is important to select protected areas through systematic conservation planning. The present study assessed how representative natural habitats are protected under the nature conservation network, and to identify new—but so far insufficiently—protected areas containing these habitats for sustainable management. We used the Marxan model to select the most valuable insufficiently protected natural habitats in the Czech Republic as a representative example for a conservation strategy for Central–Eastern European environments. We set three conservation targets (25%, 50%, and 75%), defining how much percent area of valuable representative natural habitats should be added to the area of the habitats already included in the Nature Protection Network. To implement these conservation targets it is necessary to preserve 22,932 ha, 72,429, ha and 124,363 ha respectively of the conservation targets occurring in the insufficiently protected areas, and 17,255 ha, 51,620 ha, and 84,993 ha respectively of the conservation features in the areas without protection status. Marxan was revealed to be an appropriate tool to select the most valuable and insufficiently protected natural habitats for sustainable management.

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Are Valuable and Representative Natural Habitats Sufficiently Protected? Application of Marxan model in the Czech Republic

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“…Forest owners and managers need financial incentives to provide ecosystem services by protecting and restoring the forests, and to increase the resilience of the forests by managing them in the most climate-and biodiversity-friendly way, which can be achieved by limiting timber harvesting, among other methods. Sarvašová et al [43,44] noted that the countries with the highest proportion of forest areas in the Natura 2000 protected areas receive the lowest compensation and that policy implementation is obviously not geared to the needs of private forests (if one takes the proportion of private forests in the country as a basis). WTA values indicate different expectations depending on the level of timber harvesting restrictions.…”

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How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

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The provision of forest ecosystem services (such as biodiversity, water and soil protection, and recreation) is often associated with a reduction in timber harvesting. In the case of private forests, such a situation requires institutional solutions that allow the economic balance of forest management to be maintained. The aim of the study was to find out the average value of monetary compensation private forest owners would expect in case of timber harvesting restrictions. The study was conducted with a random sample of 1003 forest landowners. The average value of expected compensation ranged from PLN 2300/year/ha (which corresponds to the price of about 12 m3 of wood in Poland) under the condition of no restrictions on timber harvesting but the need to apply indicated of forest management methods, to PLN 4900/year/ha in the model assuming a total ban on harvesting. In general, higher compensation was expected by farmers who stated that they sold timber and those whose agricultural area was larger than the average in Poland. When harvesting restrictions are low, the expected compensation is influenced by the age and gender of the respondent, or the number of people in the household.

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“…The Probit model was used in Model 1 [42] to conduct an empirical analysis of the influencing factors of whether the residents in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River Basin had the willingness to accept compensation. The detailed formula is as follows:…”

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Determinants of Residents’ Willingness to Accept and Their Levels for Ecological Conservation in Ganjiang River Basin, China: An Empirical Analysis of Survey Data for 677 Households

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Using the contingent valuation method and the Heckman two-stage model, we explore residents’ willingness to accept (WTA) compensation and their WTA level for ecological conservation compensation in the upstream of the Ganjiang River Basin in China. The findings reveal that 86.26% of the respondents are willing to accept compensation, and the average compensation level is ¥789.60/household per year. The residents’ gender, annual disposable income, residential location, decision on whether or not the watershed environment is important, and their satisfaction with water quality and quantity are significantly related to their WTA. The influencing factors that significantly affect compensation level are residents’ occupation, educational background, annual disposable income, family size, residential location, decision on whether or not the watershed environment is important, and their satisfaction with water quality and quantity. The results of this empirical research have important policy implications: the government should strengthen advocacy and education of watershed ecological environment protection, intensify farming and other agricultural activities, establish a differentiated and diversified compensation strategy, so as to protect and improve the ecological environment of the Ganjiang River Basin.

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Understanding the drivers for Natura 2000 payments in forests: A Heckman selection analysis

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

Are Valuable and Representative Natural Habitats Sufficiently Protected? Application of Marxan model in the Czech Republic

Are Valuable and Representative Natural Habitats Sufficiently Protected? Application of Marxan model in the Czech Republic

How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

Determinants of Residents’ Willingness to Accept and Their Levels for Ecological Conservation in Ganjiang River Basin, China: An Empirical Analysis of Survey Data for 677 Households

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