Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: An Application to Watershed Protection and Threshold Constraints

Paul Ferraro

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2003, vol. 32, issue 01, 12

Abstract: A key issue in the design of land use policy is how to integrate information about spatially variable biophysical and economic conditions into a cost-effective conservation plan. Using common biophysical scoring methods, in combination with economic data and simple optimization methods, an illustration is provided for how to identify a set of priority land parcels for conservation investment. This study also demonstrates a way in which conservation agencies can incorporate concerns about biophysical thresholds in the identification of their priority land parcels. These methods are applied using Geographic Information System data from a New York conservation easement acquisition initiative for water quality protection.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.31351

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