Towards an agri-environment index for biodiversity conservation payment schemes
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2010. (Working Paper series in Economics; No. 185).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Towards an agri-environment index for biodiversity conservation payment schemes
AU - Dittmer, Franziska
AU - Groth, Markus
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - The aim of the paper is to give suggestions about how an agri-environment index can be designed by taking into account specific ecological and economical factors that reflect benefits and costs of biodiversity conservation. Main findings are that the general structure of an agri-environment index is recommended to be a benefits-to-cost ratio, whereby the conservation benefits are accounted for by the following factors which evaluate i) certain criteria that value the ecological quality of a site and point out its significance for biodiversity conservation (Conservation Significance Factor), ii) a criterion that reflects the connectivity of the site which is an important factor for species migration (Connectivity Factor) and iii) criteria that estimate the potential biodiversity outcomes induced by specific management actions (Conservation Management Factor). The Cost Factor reflects the amount of money that the landholder demands as compensation payment for his conservation services. The paper points out that an agri-environment index is a promising approach to encourage and compensate farmers for biodiversity-friendly management actions. Thereby, an improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of European conservation payment schemes is a decisive contribution to biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes.
AB - The aim of the paper is to give suggestions about how an agri-environment index can be designed by taking into account specific ecological and economical factors that reflect benefits and costs of biodiversity conservation. Main findings are that the general structure of an agri-environment index is recommended to be a benefits-to-cost ratio, whereby the conservation benefits are accounted for by the following factors which evaluate i) certain criteria that value the ecological quality of a site and point out its significance for biodiversity conservation (Conservation Significance Factor), ii) a criterion that reflects the connectivity of the site which is an important factor for species migration (Connectivity Factor) and iii) criteria that estimate the potential biodiversity outcomes induced by specific management actions (Conservation Management Factor). The Cost Factor reflects the amount of money that the landholder demands as compensation payment for his conservation services. The paper points out that an agri-environment index is a promising approach to encourage and compensate farmers for biodiversity-friendly management actions. Thereby, an improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of European conservation payment schemes is a decisive contribution to biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - agri-environmental policy
KW - biodiversity benefits index
KW - Biodiversity conservation
KW - ecosystem services
KW - environmental benefits index
KW - rural development
KW - Economics
KW - agri-environmental policy
KW - biodiversity benefits index
KW - Biodiversity conservation
KW - ecosystem services
KW - environmental benefits index
KW - rural development
KW - agri-entvironmental policy
KW - biodiversity benefits index
KW - biodiversity conservation
KW - ecosystem services
KW - environmental benefits index
KW - rual development
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Working Paper series in Economics
BT - Towards an agri-environment index for biodiversity conservation payment schemes
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -