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| Scemama, Pierre; Levrel, Harold. |
| At the national level, with a fixed amount of resources available for public investment in the restoration of biodiversity, it is difficult to prioritize alternative restoration projects. One way to do this is to assess the level of ecosystem services delivered by these projects and to compare them with their costs. The challenge is to derive a common unit of measurement for ecosystem services in order to compare projects which are carried out in different institutional contexts having different goals (application of environmental laws, management of natural reserves, etc.). This paper assesses the use of habitat equivalency analysis (HEA) as a tool to evaluate ecosystem services provided by restoration projects developed in different institutional... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Wetland restoration; Equivalency tool; Ecosystem services; Cost effectiveness. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42256/44230.pdf |
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| Hansen, LeRoy T.. |
| This analysis estimates the profitability of restoring wetlands for the sale of carbon offsets. Results indicate that about 7% to 12% of the recently restored grassed wetlands of the prairie pothole and high plains regions and 20% to 35% of the forested wetlands of the Mississippi alluvial valley and Gulf-Atlantic coastal flats regions could have carbon offset values that exceed the cost of restoring the wetland and the opportunity cost of moving the land out of agricultural production. Given the uncertainties, the analysis applies conservative estimates of wetlands’ costs, offset prices, and wetlands’ effects on greenhouse gases. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Carbon markets; Carbon sequestration; Offsets; Wetland restoration; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54551 |
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| Packman, Katherine; Boxall, Peter C.. |
| Currently, the effect of human impact on the environment is becoming increasingly apparent. The encroachment of human activity has inevitably resulted in the loss or impairment of ecological goods and services (EG&S) around the globe as well as in our own backyard. EG&S include features such as wildlife habitat, biodiversity, soil renewal, or nutrient cycling. The loss of such features has become a sobering reality for Manitobans in the face of the utrophication of Lake Winnipeg as a result of practices contributing to nutrient loading into the lake. Since EG&S are very important to Manitobans, efforts are being made to explore different vehicles to encourage their provision. In order to address some of the environmental issues transpiring in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Market based instruments; Conservation auction; Tender; Wetland restoration; Environmental Economics and Policy; D44; Q20; Q57. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91423 |
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| Shultz, Steven D.; Leitch, Jay A.. |
| The economic feasibility of alternative wetland restoration activities to store water and reduce flood damage was evaluated in the Maple River Watershed, North Dakota, a sub-watershed of the Red River of the North Watershed. The evaluation was based on recent hydrologic modeling and wetland restoration studies, the National Wetland Inventory, local land rental values, and site-specific historical flood damage. With benefit-cost ratios ranging from 0.08 to 0.13, neither simple wetland restoration based on plugging existing drains, nor restoration with outlet control devices, nor complete restoration intended to provide a full range of wetland-based environmental services were economically feasible over a 20-year future period. Peak flood stages and flood... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Economic feasibility; Wetland restoration; Flooding; Red River Valley; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23597 |
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