Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?

This paper presents a somewhat novel approach to explore the economic contribution of ecosystems. It develops linked models to capture connections between resource stocks and flows and the resulting microeconomic and macroeconomic impacts. A bioeco...

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Main Authors: Damania, Richard, Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio, Glauber, A.J
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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GDP
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spelling okr-10986-187962021-04-23T14:03:49Z Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty? Damania, Richard Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio Glauber, A.J AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE USES AMOUNT OF LAND ANIMAL ANIMAL ECOLOGY ANIMAL POPULATION ANIMALS ARTISANAL MINING AVERAGE COSTS BEACH BEACHES BENCHMARK BIODIVERSITY BIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS BIOECONOMIC MODEL BIOECONOMIC MODELS BIOMASS BUFFER ZONES CARRYING CAPACITY CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY INCENTIVES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREA CONSERVATION BIOLOGY CONSERVATION POLICY CONSERVATION SCIENCE CROP DAMAGE CROP PRODUCTION CULTIVATED LAND DECISION MAKING DETERMINANTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DOMESTIC CATTLE DOMESTIC TOURISM DOMINANT SPECIES ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS ECOSYSTEMS ELEPHANTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENCROACHMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE EQUILIBRIUM EVOLUTION EXPECTED UTILITY FISH FOOD CHAIN FORAGE FOREST FOREST HABITAT FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GAZELLES GDP GRASSLANDS GROWTH RATE HABITAT HABITAT FRAGMENTATION HABITAT LOSS HARVEST RATES HARVESTERS HIGH DENSITY HUMAN IMPACTS HUNTERS HUNTING ILLEGAL HUNTING IMPACT OF TOURISM INDIRECT UTILITY INDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS ISSUES KEYSTONE SPECIES LAND ALLOCATION LAND COVER LAND USE LAND-USE LANDSCAPE LIVESTOCK MIGRATION MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OPEN ACCESS OPTIMIZATION PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS PASTURES POACHING POPULATION DECLINE POPULATION DENSITIES PREDATOR PREDATOR POPULATIONS PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS PREY PRICE ELASTICITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTED AREAS QUOTAS RAINFALL RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGENERATIVE CAPACITY RHINOS SAFARI SAVANNA SIMULATION SPECIES SPECIES INTERACTIONS SPORT HUNTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOURISM TREE UNDERESTIMATES USE VALUE VALUE ADDED WAGES WILDLANDS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT WILLINGNESS TO PAY ZEBRAS This paper presents a somewhat novel approach to explore the economic contribution of ecosystems. It develops linked models to capture connections between resource stocks and flows and the resulting microeconomic and macroeconomic impacts. A bioeconomic model is developed that is imbedded into a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. Incorporating imperfect regulation, the bioeconomic model characterizes optimal policies, while the CGE model explores the economy-wide consequences of possible changes to the ecosystem. The model is parameterized and calibrated to the case of the Serengeti ecosystem which is perhaps the most intensively researched biome with a relative abundance of data. This ecosystem is also undergoing rapid change from a host of factors related to developments within and around the protected area system. The analysis identifies the contribution of the ecosystem to the economy and finds that changes in tourism and bushmeat hunting have surprisingly diffuse economy-wide impacts, that are especially large in the rural sector. To guard against overstatement, ecosystem impacts are under-stated relative to other effects. The results suggest that linkages to the natural resource sector (backward and forward multipliers) are important and neglecting these may lead to biased estimates. 2014-06-26T21:26:03Z 2014-06-26T21:26:03Z 2014-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19580695/ecosystems-burden-or-bounty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18796 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6890 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Tanzania
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topic AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION
AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ALTERNATIVE USES
AMOUNT OF LAND
ANIMAL
ANIMAL ECOLOGY
ANIMAL POPULATION
ANIMALS
ARTISANAL MINING
AVERAGE COSTS
BEACH
BEACHES
BENCHMARK
BIODIVERSITY
BIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS
BIOECONOMIC MODEL
BIOECONOMIC MODELS
BIOMASS
BUFFER ZONES
CARRYING CAPACITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNITY INCENTIVES
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION AREA
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
CONSERVATION POLICY
CONSERVATION SCIENCE
CROP DAMAGE
CROP PRODUCTION
CULTIVATED LAND
DECISION MAKING
DETERMINANTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DOMESTIC CATTLE
DOMESTIC TOURISM
DOMINANT SPECIES
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEPHANTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENCROACHMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
EQUILIBRIUM
EVOLUTION
EXPECTED UTILITY
FISH
FOOD CHAIN
FORAGE
FOREST
FOREST HABITAT
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GAZELLES
GDP
GRASSLANDS
GROWTH RATE
HABITAT
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HABITAT LOSS
HARVEST RATES
HARVESTERS
HIGH DENSITY
HUMAN IMPACTS
HUNTERS
HUNTING
ILLEGAL HUNTING
IMPACT OF TOURISM
INDIRECT UTILITY
INDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION
INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS
ISSUES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
LAND ALLOCATION
LAND COVER
LAND USE
LAND-USE
LANDSCAPE
LIVESTOCK
MIGRATION
MULTIPLIERS
NATIONAL ECONOMY
NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL PARKS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURE
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
OPEN ACCESS
OPTIMIZATION
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
PASTURES
POACHING
POPULATION DECLINE
POPULATION DENSITIES
PREDATOR
PREDATOR POPULATIONS
PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS
PREY
PRICE ELASTICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTED AREAS
QUOTAS
RAINFALL
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
REGENERATIVE CAPACITY
RHINOS
SAFARI
SAVANNA
SIMULATION
SPECIES
SPECIES INTERACTIONS
SPORT HUNTING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOURISM
TREE
UNDERESTIMATES
USE VALUE
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WILDLANDS
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
ZEBRAS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION
AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ALTERNATIVE USES
AMOUNT OF LAND
ANIMAL
ANIMAL ECOLOGY
ANIMAL POPULATION
ANIMALS
ARTISANAL MINING
AVERAGE COSTS
BEACH
BEACHES
BENCHMARK
BIODIVERSITY
BIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS
BIOECONOMIC MODEL
BIOECONOMIC MODELS
BIOMASS
BUFFER ZONES
CARRYING CAPACITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNITY INCENTIVES
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION AREA
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
CONSERVATION POLICY
CONSERVATION SCIENCE
CROP DAMAGE
CROP PRODUCTION
CULTIVATED LAND
DECISION MAKING
DETERMINANTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DOMESTIC CATTLE
DOMESTIC TOURISM
DOMINANT SPECIES
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEPHANTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENCROACHMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
EQUILIBRIUM
EVOLUTION
EXPECTED UTILITY
FISH
FOOD CHAIN
FORAGE
FOREST
FOREST HABITAT
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GAZELLES
GDP
GRASSLANDS
GROWTH RATE
HABITAT
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HABITAT LOSS
HARVEST RATES
HARVESTERS
HIGH DENSITY
HUMAN IMPACTS
HUNTERS
HUNTING
ILLEGAL HUNTING
IMPACT OF TOURISM
INDIRECT UTILITY
INDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION
INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS
ISSUES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
LAND ALLOCATION
LAND COVER
LAND USE
LAND-USE
LANDSCAPE
LIVESTOCK
MIGRATION
MULTIPLIERS
NATIONAL ECONOMY
NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL PARKS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURE
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
OPEN ACCESS
OPTIMIZATION
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
PASTURES
POACHING
POPULATION DECLINE
POPULATION DENSITIES
PREDATOR
PREDATOR POPULATIONS
PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS
PREY
PRICE ELASTICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTED AREAS
QUOTAS
RAINFALL
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
REGENERATIVE CAPACITY
RHINOS
SAFARI
SAVANNA
SIMULATION
SPECIES
SPECIES INTERACTIONS
SPORT HUNTING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOURISM
TREE
UNDERESTIMATES
USE VALUE
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WILDLANDS
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
ZEBRAS
Damania, Richard
Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio
Glauber, A.J
Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
geographic_facet Africa
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6890
description This paper presents a somewhat novel approach to explore the economic contribution of ecosystems. It develops linked models to capture connections between resource stocks and flows and the resulting microeconomic and macroeconomic impacts. A bioeconomic model is developed that is imbedded into a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. Incorporating imperfect regulation, the bioeconomic model characterizes optimal policies, while the CGE model explores the economy-wide consequences of possible changes to the ecosystem. The model is parameterized and calibrated to the case of the Serengeti ecosystem which is perhaps the most intensively researched biome with a relative abundance of data. This ecosystem is also undergoing rapid change from a host of factors related to developments within and around the protected area system. The analysis identifies the contribution of the ecosystem to the economy and finds that changes in tourism and bushmeat hunting have surprisingly diffuse economy-wide impacts, that are especially large in the rural sector. To guard against overstatement, ecosystem impacts are under-stated relative to other effects. The results suggest that linkages to the natural resource sector (backward and forward multipliers) are important and neglecting these may lead to biased estimates.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Damania, Richard
Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio
Glauber, A.J
author_facet Damania, Richard
Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio
Glauber, A.J
author_sort Damania, Richard
title Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
title_short Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
title_full Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
title_fullStr Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
title_full_unstemmed Ecosystems : Burden or Bounty?
title_sort ecosystems : burden or bounty?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19580695/ecosystems-burden-or-bounty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18796
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