Biodiversity protection in private forests: PES schemes, institutions and prosocial behaviour

Jens Abildtrup, Anne Stenger (), Philippe Polome (), Marieke Blondet (), Francis de Morogues () and Claude Michel
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Anne Stenger: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Marieke Blondet: AgroParisTech
Francis de Morogues: FCBA - Institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois-construction Ameublement
Claude Michel: Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

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Abstract: The overall research question addresses the effectiveness of incentive mechanisms in poli -cies that enhance private forest owners' biodiversity protection. In particular, the paper focuses on the link between forest owners' motivations, incentives, and institutions, and questions the incentives of the current biodiversity protection policies. Our hypothesis is that the purely monetary nature of the incentives can cause a "crowding out effect", i.e., forest owners may reduce their voluntary contribution to biodiversity protection that is driven by prosocial motivations (altruism, self-image, etc.). With this in mind, as well as the knowledge acquired via this project about forest owners' motivations, we looked for the most effective combinations of "incentive mechanisms" (monetary and non-monetary) and "institutions" (national and local authorities, NGOs, etc.) to encourage forest owners to adopt biodiversity protection measures in their forests.

Keywords: PES; Prosocial behavior; Crowding out; Biodiversity; Choice experiment; Forest owners (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-26
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Published in 24. Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Jun 2019, Manchester, United Kingdom

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