Compensation for wildlife damages: Habitat conversion, species preservation and local welfare |
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| Authors: | Erwin Bulte Daniel Rondeau |
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| Institution: | aDevelopment Economics Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands;bDepartment of Economics, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands;cDepartment of Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2 |
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| Abstract: | We develop a model of hunting, farming and defensive action to study the environmental and economic consequences of introducing a program to compensate peasants of a small economy for the damage caused by wildlife. We show that the widespread belief that compensation induces wildlife conservation may be erroneous. Compensation can lower the wildlife stock, and may result in a net welfare loss for local people. |
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| Keywords: | Compensation Crop damage Wildlife Endangered species preservation Bushmeat trade Defensive hunting effort Human– wildlife conflict |
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