Economic modeling approaches for wildlife and species conservation

Anders Skonhoft (anders.skonhoft@svt.ntnu.no)

Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Abstract: This paper presents modeling approaches for wildlife and species conservation with a special emphasis on large mammals in a developing country setting. In such countries there are frequently conflicts over land use and species conservation, and institutions for managing conflicts are often weak or even lacking. In addition, most of the world species and biodiversity are found in developing countries. Two main issues are discussed. First, we study a situation where the wildlife is valuable, but is considered a pest by the local people living close to the wildlife. Second, we consider models with a discrepancy between management geography and biological geography, and where the species flows between a conservation area with no harvesting and a neighboring area with harvesting and possible habitat degradation.

Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2006-02-28
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