Arbeitspapier

Integrating economic costs into the analysis of flexible conservation management strategies

Flexible conservation management, where measures are selected in each decision period and depending on the current state of the ecological system, are generally perceived as superior to fixed management, where the same measure is applied in each decision period independent of the current state of the system. In past comparisons of fixed and flexible conservation strategies the additional costs that arise only in flexible strategies have usually been ignored. In this paper we present a framework to integrate these 'costs of flexible management' into the evaluation of flexible conservation strategies. Using the example of an endangered butterfly species we demonstrate that the costs of flexible management may reverse the rank order of flexible and fixed conservation strategies, such that fixed strategies may lead to better ecological results than flexible ones for the same financial budget.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: UFZ Discussion Paper ; No. 20/2005

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
conservation
ecological-economic model
extinction
flexible management
Biodiversität
Flexibilität
Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Drechsler, Martin
Johst, Karin
Wätzold, Frank
Westphal, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle
(wo)
Leipzig
(wann)
2005

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Drechsler, Martin
  • Johst, Karin
  • Wätzold, Frank
  • Westphal, Michael
  • UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle

Entstanden

  • 2005

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