Income losses due to the implementation of the Habitats Directive in forests — Conclusions from a case study in Germany

Lydia Rosenkranz, Björn Seintsch, Bernd Wippel and Matthias Dieter

Forest Policy and Economics, 2014, vol. 38, issue C, 207-218

Abstract: In the context of implementing the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) approximately 17% of the German forest area was designated in “Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)”. Amongst these there are many beech forests which were not subject to a special protection status before.

Keywords: Nature conservation; Forest enterprise; Harvesting restriction; Evaluation; Economic impact; Costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.10.005

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