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Conservation Payments to Reduce Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation and Disease Risks

In: Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes

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  • Richard D. Horan

    (Michigan State University)

  • Jason F. Shogren

    (University of Wyoming)

  • Benjamin M. Gramig

    (Purdue University)

Abstract

We investigate the challenges of using payments for environmental services (PES) to protect endangered species given habitat fragmentation in conjunction with disease risks from neighboring livestock. Using a bioeconomic model, we show how greater connectivity of habitat creates an endogenous trade-off. More connectedness both (1) increases growth of endangered species populations, while (2) simultaneously increasing the likelihood diseases will spread more quickly. We examine payments for habitat connectedness, livestock vaccination, and reduced movement of infected livestock. We find the cost-effective policy to first use subsidies to promote habitat contiguousness. Once habitat is sufficiently connected, disease risks increase to the point where disease-related subsidies become worthwhile. Highly connected habitat requires nearly all the government budget be devoted to disease prevention and control. The conservation payments result in significantly increased wildlife abundance, increased livestock health and abundance, and increased development opportunities.

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  • Richard D. Horan & Jason F. Shogren & Benjamin M. Gramig, 2009. "Conservation Payments to Reduce Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation and Disease Risks," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Leslie Lipper & Takumi Sakuyama & Randy Stringer & David Zilberman (ed.), Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes, chapter 6, pages 103-132, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-0-387-72971-8_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72971-8_6
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