Häggmark Svensson, Tobias and Elofsson, Katarina and Engelmann, Marc and Gren, Ing-Marie
(2015).
A review of the literature on benefits, costs, and policies for wildlife management.
Uppsala:
(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.
Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
; 2015:01
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Abstract
Wildlife management is a source of conflict in many countries because of the asymmetric allocation of benefits and costs among stakeholders. A review of studies on benefits, costs, and policies shows most valuation studies estimate recreational values of hunting, which can range between 13 and 545 USD/hunting day (in 2013 prices). A majority of the studies on costs calculate losses from livestock predation and crop destruction, and show that they can correspond to 40% of profits in the agricultural sector in wildlife rich regions in the US. Most of the studies are carried out for animals in developed economies, in particular in the US. This is in contrast to studies on costs of wildlife, which to a large extent are born by farmers neighboring national parks in developing and emerging economies. However, a common feature of both valuation and cost studies is the exclusion of several costs and benefits items and of indirect effects in the economies, which can be considerable for economies with high reliance on tourism and agriculture sectors. With respect to policy choice, the literature suggests economic incentives for conflict resolutions, where the winners from wildlife compensate the losses, but studies evaluating such policies in practice are lacking.
Authors/Creators: | Häggmark Svensson, Tobias and Elofsson, Katarina and Engelmann, Marc and Gren, Ing-Marie |
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Title: | A review of the literature on benefits, costs, and policies for wildlife management |
Series/Journal: | Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics (1401-4068) |
Year of publishing : | 2015 |
Number: | 2015:01 |
Number of Pages: | 55 |
Place of Publication: | Uppsala |
Publisher: | Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
ISSN: | 1401-4068 |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Report |
Article category: | Other scientific |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Agris subject categories.: | E Economics, development, and rural sociology > E10 Agricultural economics and policies |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Economics |
Agrovoc terms: | wildlife management, benefit-cost ratio, economics, policies, value systems, profit, tourism, agriculture |
Keywords: | costs, benefits, policies, wildlife, review |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2363 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2363 |
ID Code: | 11782 |
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap |
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics |
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
Deposited On: | 04 Mar 2015 10:08 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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