Arbeitspapier | Working paper
A systematic approach for assessing spatially and temporally differentiated opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation measures in grasslands
Biodiversity loss in Europe is caused to a large extent by agricultural intensification. To halt this loss and to support species and habitat types in agricultural areas, agri-environment schemes have been introduced in Europe to compensate farmers for (costly) conservation measures. Currently, agri-environment schemes for grassland in general consider only a few conservation measures with fixed dates and a payment for average opportunity costs, e.g. for later mowing. A systematic approach that calculates farmers` opportunity costs in relation to the timing of grassland use is still lacking. We fill this gap by developing a systematic agri-economic cost assessment approach. Our approach is general enough to be applicable on a large spatial scale but can still sensitively differentiate among different timings. Moreover it is straightforward and time-saving enough to be suitable for implementation in regional scale optimisation procedures. We demonstrate this by applying the systematic cost assessment in the decision support software DSS-Ecopay using the example of grassland species and habitats conservation in the German federal state of Saxony.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Umfang
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Seite(n): 28
- ISSN
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1436-140X
- Anmerkungen
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion
- Erschienen in
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UFZ Discussion Papers (15/2013)
- Thema
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Wirtschaft
Ökologie
Ökologie und Umwelt
Wirtschaftssektoren
Biodiversität
Naturschutz
Landwirtschaft
Landnutzung
Agrarpolitik
Umweltpolitik
Maßnahme
Kosten
Erfolgskontrolle
Sachsen
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Mewes, Melanie
Drechsler, Martin
Johst, Karin
Sturm, Astrid
Wätzold, Frank
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
- (wo)
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Deutschland, Leipzig
- (wann)
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2013
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-361677
- Rechteinformation
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Mewes, Melanie
- Drechsler, Martin
- Johst, Karin
- Sturm, Astrid
- Wätzold, Frank
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Entstanden
- 2013