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Targeting conservation payments to achieve multiple outcomes
- Source :
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Biological Conservation . Sep2008, Vol. 141 Issue 9, p2368-2375. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This paper describes an environmental conservation planning model used in Queensland, Australia to purchase agreements on 66 sites covering 81,046ha at a cost of A$1.9 million. The model was used as part of a competitive tendering program called “NatureAssist”. The model maximises conservation benefit subject to a cost constraint using binary combinatorial optimisation. Multiple criteria analysis (MCA) is used to capture investor preferences and measure benefit over multiple outcomes. Conservation costs are drawn from real market data; i.e. the prices being offered by sellers (landholders) to supply conservation services to a buyer (the government). This study shows the potential strengths, and weaknesses, of taking an MCA approach to select conservation sites in a real market context. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00063207
- Volume :
- 141
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biological Conservation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34298317
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.028