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Título: COMPENSATION FOR WILDLIFE DAMAGE: HABITAT CONVERSION, SPECIES PRESERVATION AND LOCAL WELFARE
Autores: Rondeau, Daniel
Bulte, Erwin H.
Fecha: 2004-09-10
2007-03-07
2004-09-10
2007-03-07
2003
Publicador: AgEcon
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Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Tema: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
Descripción: We study the environmental and economic consequences of introducing a program to compensate peasants of a small economy for the damage caused by wildlife. We show that the widely held belief that compensation induces wildlife conservation may be erroneous. In a partially open economy, compensation can lower the wildlife stock and result in a net welfare loss for local people. In an open economy, compensation can trigger wildlife extinction and also reduce welfare. The conditions leading to a reduction of the wildlife stock are identified and the implications for current and planned compensation programs are discussed.
Idioma: English
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