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.

A systematic approach for assessing spatially and temporally differentiated opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation measures in grasslands

Urheber*in: Mewes, Melanie; Drechsler, Martin; Johst, Karin; Sturm, Astrid; Wätzold, Frank

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Sprache
Englisch
Umfang
Seite(n): 28
ISSN
1436-140X
Anmerkungen
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

Erschienen in
UFZ Discussion Papers (15/2013)

Thema
Wirtschaft
Ökologie
Ökologie und Umwelt
Wirtschaftssektoren
Biodiversität
Naturschutz
Landwirtschaft
Landnutzung
Agrarpolitik
Umweltpolitik
Maßnahme
Kosten
Erfolgskontrolle
Sachsen
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Mewes, Melanie
Drechsler, Martin
Johst, Karin
Sturm, Astrid
Wätzold, Frank
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
(wo)
Deutschland, Leipzig
(wann)
2013

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-361677
Rechteinformation
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Mewes, Melanie
  • Drechsler, Martin
  • Johst, Karin
  • Sturm, Astrid
  • Wätzold, Frank
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ

Entstanden

  • 2013

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