11 results on '"Soliño, Mario"'
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2. Understanding Farmers’ Preferences Towards Insurance Schemes that Promote Biosecurity Best Management Practices
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Mato-Amboage, Rosa, Touza, Julia, and Soliño, Mario
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Plant pest and disease outbreaks, which occur with increasing frequency and intensity, cause catastrophic losses and threaten food security in many areas around the world. These impacts are expected to be exacerbated by climate change. Tackling this challenge requires mechanisms that ensure the financial security of farmers while incentivizing private biosecurity efforts to prevent future outbreaks. This study explored crop producers’ preferences for a subsidized insurance scheme as an instrument to manage novel biotic risks. Specifically, we developed a choice experiment to evaluate Spanish growers’ willingness to pay for a crop insurance product that promotes compliance with best biosecurity management practices. Our results show that while growers are willing to pay more for high coverage products that increase the resilience of crops to potential catastrophic outbreaks, there is neither a strong demand nor widespread availability of such tools. Farmers required reductions in premiums before undertaking risk prevention measures; they are more willing to pay for schemes that link their eligibility to access to ad hoc funds in the eventuality of a catastrophic outbreak than they are to purchase insurance. Our findings also suggest that Spanish growers prefer expanding the eligible risks covered by insurance and envisage a role for insurance in offering biosecurity protection.
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- 2022
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3. Bridging sustainable game management into land use policy: From principles to practice.
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Linares, Olmo, Martínez-Jauregui, María, Carranza, Juan, and Soliño, Mario
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WILDLIFE management ,SOCIAL attitudes ,NATURAL resources ,HUNTING ,DELPHI method - Abstract
Sustainability of land use is a guiding paradigm for natural resource policy in the 21st century and should also be pursued in wildlife management. We have bridged the theoretical sustainability framework with practical policy implementation by defining a certification scheme whereby landowners implement game management systems that are aligned with sustainability standards and audited by accredited bodies. Oversight is provided by a governance committee, comprising scientists, public officers, and certification body representatives, ensuring adaptability to evolving societal attitudes and regulatory changes. Using the Delphi method with a panel of 78 experts we defined key sustainability criteria for sustainable game management following a criterion of consensus. The agreed criteria were structured around three dimensions: game population, habitat, and socio-economic aspects, forming a coherent framework. The seven most important criteria for defining a certification system focused on maintaining or improving: 1) game population abundance, distribution, structure, and behavior compatible with conservation; 2) natural genetic characteristics of game populations; 3) diversity and conservation status of native game species; 4) diversity of native non-game species; 5) conservation status and diversity of habitats; 6) socio-economic functions and conditions of the activity; and 7) customer satisfaction. We discuss how the label derived from this certification could serve as an identity brand with positive effects on the recreational hunting market, but also that the promotion of this system requires the commitment of policy makers as well as the valuing of hunters against other options less respectful of the natural environment. • Suggest certification integrating theory and policy for sustainable game management. • Apply Delphi method, 78 experts, define game, habitat, and socio-economic criteria. • Experts, emphasize sustainability use, focus on conservation of game and habitats. • Certification system supervised by the NAO and the Governance Committee. • Committee integrates mechanisms to review and adapt standards to policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Social preferences for large marine protected areas in NW Spain.
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Soliño, Mario
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MARINE parks & reserves ,MARINE biodiversity ,MARINE biodiversity conservation ,PROTECTED areas ,BIODIVERSITY ,OIL spills - Abstract
The Prestige oil spill had numerous negative effects on marine ecosystems, but it also caused a positive effect, as it contributed to the generation of new scientific information that guided to the large marine protected area "Bank of Galicia" lies becoming part of the European Natura 2000 Network. This protected area represents the 10 % of the total marine area of Galicia (NW Spain). Nevertheless, the Convention on Biological Diversity establishes the objective of increasing the total protected area up to 30 %. A discrete choice experiment was conducted to elicit the social preferences for a conservation program of marine biodiversity in Galicia. Among other characteristics such as the expansion of the protected area to the surroundings of Natura 2000 sites, the establishment of new restrictions in the marine protected areas, or the implementation of payments to affected fishermen, the experiment allows to estimate the change in social welfare associated with the surface of large marine protected areas in the NW Spain. Results show that reaching the objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity would imply an increase in well-being, in monetary terms, of 16.4 million of euros. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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5. Valuation of terrestrial and marine biodiversity losses caused by forest wildfires
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Durán-Medraño, Roi, Varela, Elsa, Garza-Gil, Dolores, Prada, Albino, Vázquez, María X., and Soliño, Mario
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•Forest fires represent the main cause of natural capital damage in Mediterranean.•Forest fires cause negative effects in coastal areas and marine biodiversity.•People are sensitive to the biodiversity losses produced by forest fires.•Voluntary work is a way to engage the population in forests conservation programs.•Voluntary work proves to be a good way to reduce the hypothetical bias.
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- 2017
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6. Assessing the distribution of elusive non‐game carnivores: are hunters valuable informants?
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Descalzo, Esther, Ferreras, Pablo, Martínez‐Jauregui, María, Soliño, Mario, Glikman, Jenny Anne, Díaz‐Ruiz, Francisco, and Delibes‐Mateos, Miguel
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Public surveys can be valuable tools to collect information on wildlife distribution. Our objective was to improve the knowledge on the distribution and expanding areas of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in central Spain by using an on‐line questionnaire to hunters. We assessed the reliability of information that hunters provided by comparing it with reports from wildlife professionals. Our results show a high overall congruence but significantly different information provided by hunters and professionals on the distribution of the Egyptian mongoose, suggesting that both sources provide unique data for the management of non‐game species. For example, hunters reported greater mongoose presence than professionals in areas to the east of Toledo and Ciudad Real provinces, for the whole distribution and core area of the species, suggesting that hunters could help to detect other areas where the species exists. Overall, our findings stress the importance of engaging hunters in wildlife conservation, as they can share valuable information on wildlife species, including those that are not hunted. Our results show a high overall congruence but significantly different information provided by hunters and professionals on the distribution of the Egyptian mongoose, suggesting that both sources provide unique data for the management of non‐game species. Our findings stress the importance of engaging hunters in wildlife conservation, as they can share valuable information on wildlife species, including those that are not hunted.
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- 2023
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7. Plantation or natural recovery? Relative contribution of planted and natural pine forests to the maintenance of regional bird diversity along ecological gradients in Southern Europe.
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Martínez-Jauregui, María, Díaz, Mario, Sánchez de Ron, David, and Soliño, Mario
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TREE farms ,BIODIVERSITY conservation ,FOREST management ,FOREST birds ,PINE -- Environmental aspects ,ECOLOGY - Abstract
Forest plantations are increasingly used as tools to restore local biodiversity. Measures aimed at making plantations more complex and similar to natural forests to preserve biodiversity are still under debate. In this paper, we compare the role of natural and planted Pinus spp. for the maintenance of regional forest bird diversity along large-scale ecological gradients in Southern Europe. We modelled the relative contribution of the extent of either natural or planted pine forests to explain the richness of pine-dwelling forest birds in 3950 sample units (10 km × 10 km cells) in peninsular Spain after controlling for the potential effects of geographical variables, environmental factors, surrounding land-uses, forest cover and vegetation structure within pine forests. Planted pine forests maintained less pine-dwelling forest bird species than did natural pine forests after controlling for confounding variables and structural differences. Such differences may be due to the time lags involved in forest bird community assembly. Regional and local drivers explaining the regional bird species richness varied among pine species, either natural or planted. Management recommendations to increase bird diversity should not be based on just mimicking natural pine forest structure as quickly as possible. Rather, specific practices should be developed locally together with the maintenance of unexploited natural stands for both reference and conservation of the results of the temporal component of community assembly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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8. Mixed integration of individual background, attitudes and tastes for landscape management.
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Farizo, Begoña A., Louviere, Jordan J., and Soliño, Mario
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COINTEGRATION ,URBAN economics ,AGRICULTURAL landscape management ,EXTERNALITIES ,LIVING conditions - Abstract
Highlights: [•] We examined the preferences for transformations of a mountain landscape. [•] We valued externalities associated with ski and health spa resorts. [•] Past choices of living conditions and actual choices are related. [•] We found similarities between mountain and urban inhabitants attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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9. Noise pollution in national parks: Soundscape and economic valuation.
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Iglesias Merchan, Carlos, Diaz-Balteiro, Luis, and Soliño, Mario
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NOISE pollution ,NATIONAL parks & reserves ,VALUATION ,NOISE control ,WILLINGNESS to pay - Abstract
Highlights: [•] Soundscape-assessment methods and economic valuation were merged in a national park. [•] Outdoor anthropogenic noises degrade the park soundscapes. [•] Visitors refer to annoyance by human-made noises. [•] Visitors are willing to pay for the noise reduction. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2014
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10. Social legitimacy issues in the provision of non-commodity outputs from Rural Development Programs.
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Domínguez-Torreiro, Marcos, Durán-Medraño, Roi, and Soliño, Mario
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LEGITIMACY of governments ,PUBLIC welfare ,RURAL development ,PROVISIONAL remedies ,PUBLIC goods ,EXTERNALITIES - Abstract
Abstract: This article deals with the issues of welfare measurement and preference heterogeneity for Rural Development Programs (RDPs) in Cantabria, Spain. People from urban and rural localities would benefit from improvements in the provision of public goods and externalities promoted by RDPs, but their preferences may be quite different. Heterogeneous preferences between urban and rural dwellers would hinder the proper estimation and aggregation of social welfare. Results show significant differences between rural and urban residents. However, the social legitimacy of RDPs, in terms of positive welfare changes, would prevail in both rural and urban settings. The article concludes that accurately measuring social welfare values and explaining preference patterns is a key issue for developing effective multifunctional policies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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11. Dealing with Heterogeneous Preferences Using Multilevel Mixed Models
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Alvarez-Farizo, Begona., Joyce, John., and Soliño, Mario.
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Abstract:One of the main issues on the research agenda regarding stated preference methods concerns the heterogeneity of preferences either within or between individuals. We present a multilevel mixed model (MMM) to capture heterogeneity in deterministic utility components, instead of simply leaving them to random components. MMM captures heterogeneity at different levels: individuals, locations, and groups of individuals sharing other characteristics. The results show that individuals’ surroundings help to capture heterogeneity, and that can be controlled by specifying these aspects as predictors for this behavioral model. Therefore, MMM may contribute to the identification of the underlying structure affecting environmental decisions. (JEL D62, Q51)
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- 2014
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