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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.011
Titel (primär) Compensation payments for habitat heterogeneity: existence, efficiency, and fairness considerations
Autor Ohl, C.; Drechsler, M.; Johst, K.; Wätzold, F.
Quelle Ecological Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
Department OEKON; OESA
Band/Volume 67
Heft 2
Seite von 162
Seite bis 174
Sprache englisch
Keywords Biodiversity conservation; Agri-environmental policies; Habitat heterogeneity; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Fairness
Abstract Compensation payments for voluntary conservation measures have become an important tool for biodiversity conservation worldwide. Each year substantial financial resources are spent on such measures, particularly in the context of agri-environmental schemes. In Europe, a debate has started on whether this money is spent effectively. In response to this debate it has been suggested that a portfolio of measures leading to habitat heterogeneity be implemented. Although payments for heterogeneous conservation measures have been analysed in the literature, it has never been questioned that payments can be designed in a way that encourages enough land users to carry out each conservation measure within a portfolio of measures. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that such payments do not always exist. Moreover, in cases where payments for habitat heterogeneity exist the payment scheme may require overcompensation of the land users, posing a limit to both efficiency and fairness considerations.
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Ohl, C., Drechsler, M., Johst, K., Wätzold, F. (2008):
Compensation payments for habitat heterogeneity: existence, efficiency, and fairness considerations
Ecol. Econ. 67 (2), 162 - 174 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.011