Creating markets for habitat conservation when habitats are heterogeneous

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Policy Research Working Paper, no. 3429Publication details: Washington, D. C. World Bank 2004Description: 29 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
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Summary: A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining which areas of habitat should be considered equivalent. Restricting the trading domain to a narrow area could boost the range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil, where TDR-like programs are emerging. Current regulations require each rural property to maintain a forest reserve of at least 20 percent, but nascent policies allow some tradability of this obligation. The authors use a simple, spatially explicit model to simulate a hypothetical state-level program. They find that wider trading domains drastically reduce landholder costs of complying with this regulation and result in environmentally preferable landscapes. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/318351468769881893/Creating-markets-for-habitat-conservation-when-habitats-are-heterogeneous
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A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining which areas of habitat should be considered equivalent. Restricting the trading domain to a narrow area could boost the range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil, where TDR-like programs are emerging. Current regulations require each rural property to maintain a forest reserve of at least 20 percent, but nascent policies allow some tradability of this obligation. The authors use a simple, spatially explicit model to simulate a hypothetical state-level program. They find that wider trading domains drastically reduce landholder costs of complying with this regulation and result in environmentally preferable landscapes.

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/318351468769881893/Creating-markets-for-habitat-conservation-when-habitats-are-heterogeneous

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