Efficiency of incentives to jointly increase carbon sequestration and species conservation on a landscape

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ID23329136
AutoresErik Nelson (0000-0002-3228-1164, Stanford University, autor correspondente), Stephen Polasky (0000-0003-4934-2434, University of Minnesota), David J Lewis (0000-0002-2161-4189, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, 427 Lorch Street, Madison, WI 53706), Andrew J Plantinga (0000-0003-3920-0424, Oregon State University), Eric V Lonsdorf (0000-0002-2899-8576, Lincoln Park Zoo), Eric Lonsdorf (Lincoln Park Zoo), Denis White (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 200 Southwest 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333; and), David Bael (0000-0003-0766-6019, University of Minnesota), John J Lawler (0000-0002-8306-3175, University of Washington), Joshua J Lawler (University of Washington)
Ano2008
Volume105
Fascículo28
Páginas9471-9476
Data de publicação2008-07-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490
EditoraNational Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1073/pnas.0706178105
PMID18621703
PMCIDPMC2474525
OpenAlexW2066871295
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas71
Referências citadas12

We develop an integrated model to predict private land-use decisions in response to policy incentives designed to increase the provision of carbon sequestration and species conservation across heterogeneous landscapes. Using data from the Willamette Basin, Oregon, we compare the provision of carbon sequestration and species conservation under five simple policies that offer payments for conservation. We evaluate policy performance compared with the maximum feasible combinations of carbon sequestration and species conservation on the landscape for various conservation budgets. None of the conservation payment policies produce increases in carbon sequestration and species conservation that approach the maximum potential gains on the landscape. Our results show that policies aimed at increasing the provision of carbon sequestration do not necessarily increase species conservation and that highly targeted policies do not necessarily do as well as more general policies.

Biology · Business · Carbon dioxide · Carbon sequestration · Economics · Environmental resource management · Incentive · Natural resource economics · Payment · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Science · Finance · Forest Management and Policy