Economic Benefits Generated by Protected Areas
The Case of the Hoge Veluwe Forest, the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4239473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Hein (0000-0002-4651-2875, corresponding author), Lars Hein |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-04119-160213 |
| OpenAlex | W2097205047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
Eliciting the economic benefits provided by protected areas is important in order to ensure that they are properly considered in policy and decision making. There are relatively few studies that provide a comprehensive overview of the economic benefits provided by European forest ecosystems, in spite of the large share of forests in the protected area system in most countries. An economic valuation of the ecosystem services supplied by the Hoge Veluwe forest in the Netherlands is presented. The Hoge Veluwe forest is one of the largest and most well-known protected areas in the country. The services included in the study are wood production, supply of game, groundwater recharge, carbon sequestration, air filtration, recreation, and nature conservation. A conservative estimate of the total economic benefits generated by the forest is around 2000 Euro/ha/year, which is more than three times higher than the per hectare-value generated by nearby agricultural land. The study provides an analysis of the economic value of eight ecosystem services, discusses the uncertainties of the value estimates, and examines the implications for financing protected area management
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Business · Contingent valuation · Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Forest management · Geography · Groundwater · Groundwater recharge · Natural resource economics · Recreation · Total economic value · Willingness to pay · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology · Finance · Forestry
Spatial quantification and valuation of cultural ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape
Social-ecological contributions of protected areas to their surroundings
Testing the effect of ecosystem service and land classification on global values of forested watershed ecosystem services
Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England
Towards a consistent approach for ecosystem accounting
Monetary accounting of ecosystem services
Perceived importance of ecosystem services in the Białowieża Forest for local communities – Does proximity matter
Community perceptions of co-managing Tajik National Park
A web application to support the quantification and valuation of ecosystem services
Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales
On Measuring Economic Values for Nature
Species Distributions, Land Values, and Efficient Conservation
Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution
How Much is that Ecosystem in the Window? The One with the Bio-diverse Trail
Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States
Science for managing ecosystem services
The Ecosystem Services Framework and Natural Capital Conservation
Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature
The marginal damage costs of carbon dioxide emissions
Taking stock
Spatial scales, stakeholders and the valuation of ecosystem services
Evaluating the impact of regional development policies on future landscape services
Ecological-economic analysis of wetlands
Preferences, information and biodiversity preservation
Participatory Scenario Planning for Protected Areas Management under the Ecosystem Services Framework
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |