Widman, Marit and Elofsson, Katarina
(2016).
The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores.
Uppsala:
(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.
Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
; 2016:05
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Abstract
Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government's compensation cost function. This study uses Swedish data on the county level over the period of 2001 to 2013. Compensation costs due to depredation by three large carnivores are considered: the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the wolf (Canis lupus) and the lynx (Lynx lynx). The results indicate that the costs of compensation for depredation by wolves, lynx and brown bears are determined by the densities of predators and livestock, the amount of forest pasture and the stock of preventive measures. There are considerable differences in marginal costs between predator species and counties, which have implications for policy.
Authors/Creators: | Widman, Marit and Elofsson, Katarina |
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Title: | The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores |
Series Name/Journal: | Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics |
Year of publishing : | 2016 |
Depositing date: | 26 April 2016 |
Number: | 2016:05 |
Number of Pages: | 36 |
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 P Natural resources > P01 Nature conservation and land resources |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Economics (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology |
Agrovoc terms: | wildlife management, damage, compensation, sweden, Lynxes, wolves, Ursus, sheep |
Keywords: | Wildlife compensation, Livestock depredation, Lynx, Wolf, Brown bear, Sheep |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3402 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3402 |
ID Code: | 13304 |
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap |
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics |
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
Deposited On: | 26 Apr 2016 07:16 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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