IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/areint/256397.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Экономическая Оценка Экосистемных Услуг В Тавушской Области Республики Армения

Author

Listed:
  • Anton, Strokov
  • Irina, Poleshkina

Abstract

The paper analyses the processes of soil degradation which are caused by deforestation and agricultural expantion in Tavushskaya oblast' of Armenia. This includes soil compaction, plant formation loss, intense water and wind erosion on grazelands caused by increase of sheep herd; and soil nutrition losses as a result of drawbacks of land cultivation on hillside cropland. Following the reasons of soil erosion we suggest three scenarios of agricultural and forest land application. The first scenario depicts the current growth rates of deforestation and transforming these areas into cropland, but with time limits of land use because of continuous soil nutrition loss. The second scenario shows the consequences of stopping deforestation and saving current forest area. Finally the third scenario keeps the current forest areas and transforms the degraded grazelands into forestland with a 10% growth rate per decade. Using TEEB methodology for each scenario we calculate the economic value of local ecosystem services, which could be provided from 1 ha in this region for the bext thirty years. The results show that the first scenario gives $ 16 202, the second $32 776 – 1 312 561, and the third $33 904 – 1 359 678 diapason value of potential ecosystem services per 1 hectare. This all means that it is reasonable to save and regenarate forest land, which help to resist soil erosion and thus have positive effect on food security in the region.

Suggested Citation

  • Anton, Strokov & Irina, Poleshkina, 2016. "Экономическая Оценка Экосистемных Услуг В Тавушской Области Республики Армения," Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, vol. 2(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:areint:256397
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.256397
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256397/files/9%20%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8F.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.256397?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Kindermann, Georg E. & Obersteiner, Michael & Rametsteiner, Ewald & McCallcum, Ian, 2007. "Predicting the Deforestation-Trend Under Different Carbon-Prices," Climate Change Modelling and Policy Working Papers 9326, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    2. Georg E. Kindermann & Michael Obersteiner & Ewald Rametsteiner & Ian McCallcum, 2007. "Predicting the Deforestation–Trend Under Different Carbon–Prices," Working Papers 2007.29, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    3. Luz Amelia Sánchez & Michele Ataroff & Roberto López, 2002. "Soil erosion under different vegetation covers in the Venezuelan Andes," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 161-172, June.
    4. Paulo A.L.D. Nunes & Helen Ding & Sonja Teelucksingh, 2010. "European Forests and Carbon Sequestration Services: An Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts," Working Papers 2010.10, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    5. Djanibekov, Utkur & Khamzina, Asia & Djanibekov, Nodir & Lamers, John P.A., 2012. "How attractive are short-term CDM forestations in arid regions? The case of irrigated croplands in Uzbekistan," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 21(C), pages 108-117.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mirzabaev, A. & Strokov, A. & Krasilnikov, P., 2018. "The impact of land degradation on agricultural profits and poverty in Central Asia," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277449, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Jin, Ming & Han, Xulong & Li, Mingyu, 2023. "Trade-offs of multiple urban ecosystem services based on land-use scenarios in the Tumen River cross-border area," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 482(C).
    3. Djanibekov, Utkur & Djanibekov, Nodir & Khamzina, Asia, 2012. "CDM afforestation for managing water, energy and rural income nexus in irrigated drylands," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126765, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. K. S. Kavi Kumar & Lavanya Ravikanth Anneboina & Ramchandra Bhatta, 2016. "Valuation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services in India: Macro Assessment," Working Papers id:11440, eSocialSciences.
    5. Djanibekov, Utkur & Khamzina, Asia & Villamor, Grace B. & Lamers, John P.A., 2013. "Economic analysis of afforestation of marginal croplands in Uzbekistan," International Conference and Young Researchers Forum - Natural Resource Use in Central Asia: Institutional Challenges and the Contribution of Capacity Building 159089, University of Giessen (JLU Giessen), Center for International Development and Environmental Research.
    6. Djanibekov, Nodir & Sommer, Rolf & Djanibekov, Utkur, 2013. "Evaluation of effects of cotton policy changes on land and water use in Uzbekistan: Application of a bio-economic farm model at the level of a water users association," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 1-13.
    7. V.H. Durán Zuazo & J.R. Francia Martínez & A. Martínez Raya, 2004. "Impact of Vegetative Cover on Runoff and Soil Erosion at Hillslope Scale in Lanjaron, Spain," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 39-48, March.
    8. Marina Vladimirovna Vlasenko & Ludmila Petrovna Rybashlykova & Svetlana Yurievna Turko, 2022. "Restoration of Degraded Lands in the Arid Zone of the European Part of Russia by the Method of Phytomelioration," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-22, March.
    9. Sunderasan Srinivasan, 2015. "Economic valuation and option-based payments for ecosystem services," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 20(7), pages 1055-1077, October.
    10. Djanibekov, Utkur & Finger, Robert, 2015. "The effects of variability under farm land consolidation process: A perspective of cotton-growing farmers in Uzbekistan," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211829, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:areint:256397. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://are-journal.com/are .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.