Title:	Metapopulations, Markets and the Individual: Refining incentive-based approaches for biodiversity conservation on private lands
Authors:	Hartig, Florian
Thesis advisor:	Prof. Dr. Horst Malchow
Thesis referee:	Prof. Dr. Uta Berger Dr. Brendan Wintle
Abstract:	When designing financial incentives for voluntary conservation of threatened habitats and ecosystems, we are faced with the problem that there is no single indicator for "biodiversity value". The value of a habitat depends on multiple factors such as habitat type, area, and spatial and temporal connectivity. Moreover, not only are there local trade-offs between these indicators, but land use changes at one location may also change the value of sites in the vicinity. This doctoral thesis analyzes the consequences of including trade-offs and interactions between sites in market-based conservation schemes. We ask the following questions: How can trade-offs between the survival of different species be quantified? How can spatial processes and temporal processes be included in market-based conservation, in particular the value of spatial and temporal connectivity? And how do underlying economic dynamics relate to the spatio-temporal allocation of conservation measures in market-based conservation schemes?
URL:	https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2010012932
Subject Keywords:	market-based instruments; incentive-based instruments; biodiversity conservation; ecological economic modelling; tradable permits; spatial incentives
Issue Date:	27-Jan-2010
Submission date:	27-Jan-2010
Type of publication:	Dissertation oder Habilitation [doctoralThesis]
Appears in Collections:	FB06 - E-Dissertationen

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