Agro-environmental policies seek to balance agriculture production and ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation. Yet the measurement of biodiversity is both time-consuming and costly. It is timely to focus on the cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators in order to ensure the optimisation of the scarce funds available for biodiversity conservation. We present a cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators performed in two case studies. The work is based on real cost-data from the fieldworks efforts undertaken in the measurement of biodiversity indicators in grassland-based farming systems.
Titolo: | A comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators in grassland farming systems |
Autore/i: | TARGETTI, STEFANO; VIAGGI, DAVIDE; CUMING, DAVID |
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Anno: | 2011 |
Titolo del libro: | Change and Uncertainty Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
Pagina iniziale: | 1 |
Pagina finale: | 12 |
Abstract: | Agro-environmental policies seek to balance agriculture production and ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation. Yet the measurement of biodiversity is both time-consuming and costly. It is timely to focus on the cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators in order to ensure the optimisation of the scarce funds available for biodiversity conservation. We present a cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators performed in two case studies. The work is based on real cost-data from the fieldworks efforts undertaken in the measurement of biodiversity indicators in grassland-based farming systems. |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 10-lug-2014 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |