Creating Markets for Habitat Conservation When Habitats Are Heterogeneous
| dc.creator | Chomitz, Kenneth M. | |
| dc.creator | Thomas, Timothy S. | |
| dc.creator | Salazar Brandão, Antônio | |
| dc.date | 2013-06-27T16:30:19Z | |
| dc.date | 2013-06-27T16:30:19Z | |
| dc.date | 2004-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T01:19:34Z | |
| dc.description | A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining which areas of habitat should be considered equivalent. Restricting the trading domain to a narrow area could boost the range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil, where TDR-like programs are emerging. Current regulations require each rural property to maintain a forest reserve of at least 20 percent, but nascent policies allow some tradability of this obligation. The authors use a simple, spatially explicit model to simulate a hypothetical state-level program. They find that wider trading domains drastically reduce landholder costs of complying with this regulation and result in environmentally preferable landscapes. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/plain | |
| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5216707/creating-markets-habitat-conservation-habitats-heterogeneous | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14234 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3429 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417072 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, D.C. | |
| dc.relation | Policy Research Working Paper;No.3429 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | ABANDONMENT | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL LAND | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL LANDS | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
| dc.subject | AIR POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | ALTERNATIVE APPROACH | |
| dc.subject | AMAZON | |
| dc.subject | BASIN | |
| dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY | |
| dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS | |
| dc.subject | BIOMASS | |
| dc.subject | CARBON | |
| dc.subject | CARBON SEQUESTRATION | |
| dc.subject | CARBON STORAGE | |
| dc.subject | CLEAN WATER ACT | |
| dc.subject | COMPLIANCE COSTS | |
| dc.subject | CROPLAND | |
| dc.subject | CROPS | |
| dc.subject | DEFORESTATION | |
| dc.subject | DEMAND CURVES | |
| dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
| dc.subject | ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC IMPACTS | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC VALUES | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMICS | |
| dc.subject | ECOSYSTEM | |
| dc.subject | ECOSYSTEMS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS | |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | |
| dc.subject | EQUILIBRIUM | |
| dc.subject | EXPENDITURES | |
| dc.subject | FARMERS | |
| dc.subject | FARMS | |
| dc.subject | FISHERIES | |
| dc.subject | FOREST COVER | |
| dc.subject | FOREST LAND | |
| dc.subject | FOREST REGROWTH | |
| dc.subject | FORESTS | |
| dc.subject | FURNACES | |
| dc.subject | HABITAT CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | HABITATS | |
| dc.subject | IRON | |
| dc.subject | LAND COVER | |
| dc.subject | LAND MANAGEMENT | |
| dc.subject | LAND USE | |
| dc.subject | LAND USES | |
| dc.subject | LAND VALUE | |
| dc.subject | LEGISLATION | |
| dc.subject | OPPORTUNITY COSTS | |
| dc.subject | PARKS | |
| dc.subject | PERMIT PROGRAMS | |
| dc.subject | PERMITS | |
| dc.subject | PLAINS | |
| dc.subject | PLANTATIONS | |
| dc.subject | PLOTS | |
| dc.subject | POLITICAL ECONOMY | |
| dc.subject | PRESENT VALUE | |
| dc.subject | PRESERVATION | |
| dc.subject | REMOTE SENSING | |
| dc.subject | RESTORATION | |
| dc.subject | RIVER | |
| dc.subject | RIVER BASINS | |
| dc.subject | RIVERS | |
| dc.subject | ROCKS | |
| dc.subject | SAVINGS | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL COSTS | |
| dc.subject | SOIL | |
| dc.subject | STREAMS | |
| dc.subject | TIMBER | |
| dc.subject | TRADABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS | |
| dc.subject | TRADEOFFS | |
| dc.subject | TREES | |
| dc.subject | VEGETATION | |
| dc.subject | WATERSHED | |
| dc.subject | WATERSHED PROTECTION | |
| dc.subject | WATERSHEDS | |
| dc.subject | WETLAND LOSSES | |
| dc.subject | WETLAND MITIGATION | |
| dc.title | Creating Markets for Habitat Conservation When Habitats Are Heterogeneous |
