Sammanfattning

In 2012 the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency was provided with 100,000 ha of productive forest land. The Agency swapped the land to obtain conservation-worthy forests, and these were turned into natural reserves. Conservation without reference to both benefits and cost typically results in inefficient solutions. In this paper we discuss how to select the forest stands to preserve in a cost-effective manner. We also discuss how to design a cost-benefit analysis of the swapping program. We provide several new results regarding the economics of preservation, when land swaps is a viable instrument.

Nyckelord

Cost-effectiveness; cost-benefit analysis; forestry; conservation; uncertainty; risk aversion; nonuse values; key biotopes

Publicerad i

Journal of Forest Economics
2021, Volym: 36, nummer: 3, sidor: 183-200
Utgivare: NOW PUBLISHERS INC

SLU författare

• Kriström, Bengt

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Umeå Universitet

UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap
Nationalekonomi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1561/112.00000521

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113247