Research article2022Peer reviewed
Wetland investment support schemes: adoption and spatial interactions
Zeleke Aklilu, Abenezer; Elofsson, Katarina
Abstract
Agri-environmental investment support that compensates landowners for the costs of wetland creation and restoration is considered an effective policy for increasing biodiversity and reducing nonpoint emissions in agricultural landscapes. This study assesses the extent to which such an agri-environmental scheme is propagated across landowners and examines determinants of the adoption of the policy in Sweden. Using spatiotemporal variations in the implementation of the scheme, we show that endogenous spatial interaction across landowners helps propagate the adoption of the scheme. We did not find spatial interactions to play a role in the disadoption of the scheme.
Published in
Land Economics
2022, Volume: 98, number: 2, pages: 292-313
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
SDG15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.98.2.051520-0066R
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118735