Rare Species Conservation on Irish Farmland: Benefits and Costs

Stephen Hynes and Nick Hanley

No 813, Working Papers from Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc

Abstract: This paper considers farmers willingness to pay (WTP) to conserve an endangered Irish farmland bird, the Corncrake (Crex crex). An Irish National Farm Survey (NFS) is used to produce individual farm-level WTP estimates for the year 2006. These figures are then aggregated to obtain a total value figure for the farming community of Corncrake conservation in Ireland. We focus on the willingness to pay of farmers rather than the WTP of the general Irish population, as farmers will ultimately be the ones that will have to take responsibility if targets set out in the All Ireland Action Plan for Corncrake conservation are to be achieved. Quantifying willingness to pay on the part of farmers can help inform the design of agri-environment schemes aimed at improving conservation of many species on farmland. Results indicate that the nonmarket benefit of corncrake conservation in Ireland may significantly outweigh the costs of existing conservation schemes.

Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2008
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