کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5050259 | 1476398 | 2012 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Temporal conservation contracts are used to protect biodiversity in privately owned lands worldwide. We examine how stand characteristics and habitat requirements of target species affect the contract length in a boreal forest context. We develop an integrated optimization model and apply the model with data on endangered species occurring in spruce forests in Finland. The results suggest that a cost-effective conservation policy for protecting privately owned forest land involves both short- and long-term contracts between landowners and environmental agencies. The higher the conservation objective, the more intensively long-term contracts should be assigned. Managed stands should be assigned short-term contracts. Regarding unmanaged stands both short- and longâterm contracts should be used. However, species habitat requirements affect the results and thus the conservation policy.
⺠We examine length of conservation contracts for protecting biodiversity. ⺠We focus on stand characteristics and habitat requirements of target species. ⺠We use an integrated numeric optimization model. ⺠We show that both short- and long-term contracts are cost-effective. ⺠Contract lengths increase with conservation level.
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 81, September 2012, Pages 121-129