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Over the past one decade, the income from livestock-related activities among the pastoral communi... more Over the past one decade, the income from livestock-related activities among the pastoral communities has reduced significantly in Laikipia County. This can be attributed to fencing of ranches, expanding real estate in the area, encroachment of communal land by flower farms and the changing climatic conditions. Therefore, it has become critical for the pastoralists to diversify their sources of income. The aim of this study was to analyze socioeconomic factors that prevent pastoral communities from diversifying to other viable income-generating activities. A participatory research method comprising a Focus Group Discussion and key informant interviews were conducted in Laikipia County, Kenya. A survey was also conducted and a sample of 322 pastoral households was interviewed. The results revealed a significant shift from nomadic to sedentary lifestyle in the area. Furthermore, lack of access to credit limits the ability of the pastoralists to engage in other enterprises. Therefore, it is critical to put up measures that will improve the resilience of the pastoralists with the aim of achieving equitable livelihoods as well as sustainable development. For instance, diversification towards off-farm investments and keeping more hardy livestock would play a critical role in enhancing their levels of resilience.

Social Science Research Network, 2012

This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environmen... more This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environments, in monetary and environmental quality terms, for different socioeconomic groups. The study area is widely used for different recreational activities and has a mix of different visitors. Data comes from a choice experiment study. Some results confirm limited existing knowledge from previous research, although the ethnical dimension to a certain extent contradicts conventional perceptions. Based on previous research from other countries, the hypothesis would be that native Swedes would benefit more from environmental improvements than respondents with a non-Swedish background. Interestingly results differ, depending on the environmental amenity. For example, respondents with a non-Swedish origin benefit more, both in monetary and environmental quality terms, from reduced noise and littering compared to respondents with a Swedish origin. Also, independent of ethnical background, people use the area in a similar manner.

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Forskningsprogrammet har utrett frågor om landskapsplanering av skog för att främja biologisk mån... more Forskningsprogrammet har utrett frågor om landskapsplanering av skog för att främja biologisk mångfald och ett varierat skogsbruk. En övergripande slutsats är att landskapsplanering kan bidra till att bättre än idag uppnå målet ”Levande skogar”. De viktigaste slutsatserna och lärdomarna från detta forskningsprogram är dessa (avsnittsnummer inom parentes):• En landskapsplanering bör koppla till ett tydligt mål. Ett mål skulle kunna vara att skapa förutsättningar för livskraftiga populationer av de arter som vi förbundit oss att bevara enligt Art- och habitatdirektivet, och Fågeldirektivet (4.1).• En landskapsplan bör inte bara fokusera på vilka värden som finns i landskapet, utan också på vilka värden som borde finnas för att nå uppsatta mål. Landskapsplanen bör därför innehålla skötselalternativ som bevara, restaurera, skötsel för att öka naturvärden, skötsel för skogsproduktion, och eventuellt också intensivskogsbruk. För att klara de mest krävande arterna bör man skapa konnektivitet mellan naturvärdesbestånd (3.4, 3.7.1, 3.8.1).• Genom att använda ett GIS-baserat datorprogram, t.ex. Zonation, kan man på ett objektivt och transparent sätt få fram en landskapsplan som kan fungera som underlag för diskussion mellan berörda parter (4.2.5).• En landskapsplanering behöver inte innebära mer avsättningar än i dagens skogsbruk, men eftersom konnektiviteten ökar blir naturvårdsnyttan större, och naturvårdsarbetet blir mer proaktivt. Hur mycket avsättningar som behövs beror på en mängd faktorer som t.ex. befintliga naturvärden, bonitet och fragmenteringsgrad (4.2.6).• Den största nackdelen med landskapsplanering är att olika markägare påverkas olika mycket. Landskapsplanering bör därför kombineras med ekonomiska styrmedel (4.10). Se även nedan.• En landskapsplanering av skog kan främja en skogsförvaltning som proaktivt och strategiskt bevarar livsmiljöer i skogslandskapet, ett förhållningsätt som EU-kommissionen rekommenderar vid genomförandet av art- och habitatdirektivet och fågeldirektivet. Planeringen kan tillgodose en ”kontinuerlig ekologisk funktionalitet” i landskapet. Därmed motverkas konflikter med artskyddsförordningen i enskilda fall och landskapsplanen skapar bättre förutsebarhet för skogsägare än idag (5.2.1).• Landskapsplanering av skog har skett i USA sedan 1976, genom National Forest Management Act (NFMA, §1604) och ankytande lagstiftning. Även om planeringen endast omfattar federalt ägda ”National Forests”, är konkurrensen om skogen mellan olika allmänna intressen i huvudsak densamma som i Sverige. Planeringen i USA anses i många fall ha proaktivt skyddat livsmiljöer och därmed har konflikter med artskyddet i Endangered Species Act kunnat undvikas (3.1). Lagstiftningen och erfarenheterna av planeringen i USA kan ge vägledning för ett eventuellt svenskt lagstiftningsarbete om landskapsplanering av skog. Den amerikanska lagstiftningen har regler om bl.a. intresseavvägning, kunskapsunderlag, adaptivitet och deltagande. • Om landskapsplaneringen av skog ska kunna beakta och prioritera intressen utifrån de specifika förutsättningarna i landskapet, bör lagstiftningen som utgångspunkt ge planmyndigheten betydande frihet i bedömningen. Vissa intressen behöver dock ges laglig prioritet, såsom efterlevnad av miljökvalitetsnormer (5.5). Detsamma gäller artskyddsreglerna, där dock planen kan fylla en proaktiv funktion som motverkar konflikter med skogsbruket och samtidigt bidrar till genomförandet av EU-rättens krav på skydd för arter och livsmiljöer (se ovan).• Landskapsplanering av skog bör utgå från ett underlag som har hög vetenskaplig kvalitet och som möjliggör deltagande och påverkan från skogsägare och andra intressenter (5.8). Så som lagstiftningen ser ut idag kommer det i många fall sannolikt att krävas en strategisk miljöbedömning inför planarbetet. (5.7). Vidare bör en landskapsplanering av skog (såsom i USA) vara adaptiv, eftersom naturen ständigt förändras (t.ex. på grund av klimatförändringen) på sätt som inte kan förutses och eftersom kunskapsläget i sig förändras (5.6). • Det är en politisk fråga om Sverige ska underlätta för ett intensivt skogsbruk som undantas från vissa krav i skogsvårdslagen (såsom naturvårdshänsynen i 30 §). I forskningsprogrammet tar vi inte ställningen till denna fråga i sig. Om en sådan politisk vilja finns är det centralt att intensivt skogsbruk endast tillåts på skogsmarker som saknar betydelse från naturvårdssynpunkt, om även miljömålen för skogen ska kunna nås. Landskapsplanen är ett ändamålsenligt instrument för att identifiera sådana områden (5.9).• Planeringen av skog kan ske genom en landskapsplan enbart eller genom en landskapsplan som kombineras med en lokal skogsbruksplan. En anknytande fråga är hur respektive plan ska styra enskilda skogsägare respektive myndigheter. När det gäller enskilda är den frågan intimt förknippad med rätten till intrångsersättning enligt 2 kap. 15 § regeringsformen. I rapporten diskuteras olika alternativ (5.10) och vilka…

Abstract Economic studies concerning environmental functions of forests are often partial in the ... more Abstract Economic studies concerning environmental functions of forests are often partial in the sense that they focus on either benefits or costs. In other words, benefit/cost analyses indicating whether it is economically, motivated to change forestry to make it compatible with environmental demands are relatively rare. This meta-analysis deal with the forest as recreation environment, where benefit estimates from a study conducted in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden, are compared with cost estimates from another study in the same ...

Marine Resource Economics, 2013

Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is intended... more Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is intended as an undergraduate text. It includes much of intermediate microeconomics, welfare economics, exhaustible and renewable resource theory, water economics, and environmental economics. Other topics are covered as well-each of them briefly. The author's Preface explains much of the way the book was written. "Such courses [in Natural Resource Economics] often attract a diverse group of students" (p. xii). The book is simultaneously pitched to the professional economists and the freshman environmental studies major. One group or the other usually loses out. The freshman will not find the discussion of option value or consumers' surplus helpful, while the senior economics major will find the discussion of the Faustman formula too simple. The discussion of Marshallian and Hicksian demand, I believe, pleases no one. But, there are the (many) parts that are just right for everyone. My favorite was the distinction between compensating and equivalent variation-a difficult concept concisely explained. The book's philosophical orientation, "If there were no need for resource and environmental policy, there would be no need for applied resource economics" (p. xi), is carried through much of the book. The sections on environmental economics, and particularly the Tellico Dam case study, tie resource economics to environmental policy. The discussion of the Hotelling-Clawson-Knetsch transport cost procedure and the hedonic valuation of air pollution procedure were similarly infused with a (somewhat jaded) practitioner's viewpoint. Randall is clear on what these things can and cannot do. Disappointing to me were the sections on renewable and exhaustible resources. A scant eighteen pages explain minerals, fish, and forests. All the interesting details-such as the capital theorytraditional fisheries debate, or the redundancy of salmon fishery gear-are lost. The book presents only the capital theory rule for exhaustible resources and does not really explain how such resources enter the analysis. Forestry is described only as an optimization problem; the institutions and their rules of thumb, which are policy, are neither described nor analyzed. Where the author's contribution is uneven, the publisher's is not. The typeface and layout are so inferior that I would rather read the Federal Register. In summary, Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is a long book of uneven quality written to many different audiences.

Woody biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in Europe and the expected increase in de... more Woody biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in Europe and the expected increase in demand for wood was the stimulus for writing this paper. We discuss the economic effects of biophysical capacity limits in forest yield from a partial equilibrium perspective. Opportunities to increase the supply of forest biomass in the short-and long-term are discussed, as well as environmental side effects of intensive forest management. Focusing on northern Europe, national estimates of potential annual fellings and the corresponding potential amounts, simulated by the European Forest Information Scenario model (the EFISCEN model) are then presented, as well as reported fellings. For the region as a whole, there seems to be substantial unused biophysical potential, although recent data from some countries indicate underestimated annual felling rates. There is a need to discuss strategies to ensure that demand for wood resources in northern Europe can be accommodated without large price increases. However, using a larger proportion of the biophysical potential in northern Europe than at present will entail trade-offs with environmental and social values, which means that strategies are needed to protect and account for all the benefits of all forms of ecosystem services.

Marine Resource Economics, 2013

John C. Bergstrom & Alan Randall (2010) : Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural... more John C. Bergstrom & Alan Randall (2010) : Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy

ub.umu.se. Publications. ...

Social Science Research Network, 2011

Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different... more Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different departments and universities; provide seminars and workshops within the field of environmental & resource economics and management; constitute a platform for a creative strong research environment within the field.

ub.umu.se. Publications. ...

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Mar 27, 2015

This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environmen... more This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environments, in monetary and environmental quality terms, for different socioeconomic groups. The study area is widely used for different recreational activities and has a mix of different visitors. Data comes from a choice experiment study. Some results confirm limited existing knowledge from previous research, although the ethnical dimension to a certain extent contradicts conventional perceptions. Based on previous research from other countries, the hypothesis would be that native Swedes would benefit more from environmental improvements than respondents with a non-Swedish background. Interestingly results differ, depending on the environmental amenity. For example, respondents with a non-Swedish origin benefit more, both in monetary and environmental quality terms, from reduced noise and littering compared to respondents with a Swedish origin. Also, independent of ethnical background, people use the area in a similar manner.

Environmental Economics, Jun 20, 2019

Households' consumption patterns and behaviors have profound influence on natural resources and e... more Households' consumption patterns and behaviors have profound influence on natural resources and environmental quality. This paper explores whether environmental behaviors and willingness to pay (WTP) in the household domains transport, energy consumption and water consumption are substitutes or complements. Using a crosscountry data set from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Survey on Environmental Attitudes and Behavior from 2008, a random-effects (ordered) probit model is used to answer this question for the following countries: Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Italy, and South Korea. It is found that in most countries, actual environmental behaviors are substitutes, while WTP for environmental public goods in different domains is mostly complementary. Grounding in these results, policies aiming to encourage overall environmentally friendly lifestyles should therefore be all-encompassing of several public domains, instead of individual ones, to avoid the risk of negative spillovers. Green behavioral (in)consistencies: are pro-environmental behaviors in different domains substitutes or complements?

Journal of Forest Economics, 1996

Go to AGRIS search. Try it! Arbetsrapport - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen foer Sko... more Go to AGRIS search. Try it! Arbetsrapport - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen foer Skogsekonomi (1996). Confrontation or compromise? Determining appropriate institutions for environmental conflict resolution. ...

Abstract This thesis is based on 6 papers (included as an appendix) published in or submitted to ... more Abstract This thesis is based on 6 papers (included as an appendix) published in or submitted to various journals. The thesis deals with the benefits of forest environmental commodities, as estimated by the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), and environmental policy in the presence of such commodities. The first 4 papers present empirically orientated work using the CVM, while the remaining 2 are theoretical and policy orientated. The results of 2 CVM case studies discussed in the first paper indicate that much of the benefit of ...

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-revue Canadienne D Agroeconomie, May 22, 2013

Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different... more Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different departments and universities; provide seminars and workshops within the field of environmental & resource economics and management; constitute a platform for a creative strong research environment within the field.

ub.umu.se. Publications. ...

Over the past one decade, the income from livestock-related activities among the pastoral communi... more Over the past one decade, the income from livestock-related activities among the pastoral communities has reduced significantly in Laikipia County. This can be attributed to fencing of ranches, expanding real estate in the area, encroachment of communal land by flower farms and the changing climatic conditions. Therefore, it has become critical for the pastoralists to diversify their sources of income. The aim of this study was to analyze socioeconomic factors that prevent pastoral communities from diversifying to other viable income-generating activities. A participatory research method comprising a Focus Group Discussion and key informant interviews were conducted in Laikipia County, Kenya. A survey was also conducted and a sample of 322 pastoral households was interviewed. The results revealed a significant shift from nomadic to sedentary lifestyle in the area. Furthermore, lack of access to credit limits the ability of the pastoralists to engage in other enterprises. Therefore, it is critical to put up measures that will improve the resilience of the pastoralists with the aim of achieving equitable livelihoods as well as sustainable development. For instance, diversification towards off-farm investments and keeping more hardy livestock would play a critical role in enhancing their levels of resilience.

Social Science Research Network, 2012

This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environmen... more This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environments, in monetary and environmental quality terms, for different socioeconomic groups. The study area is widely used for different recreational activities and has a mix of different visitors. Data comes from a choice experiment study. Some results confirm limited existing knowledge from previous research, although the ethnical dimension to a certain extent contradicts conventional perceptions. Based on previous research from other countries, the hypothesis would be that native Swedes would benefit more from environmental improvements than respondents with a non-Swedish background. Interestingly results differ, depending on the environmental amenity. For example, respondents with a non-Swedish origin benefit more, both in monetary and environmental quality terms, from reduced noise and littering compared to respondents with a Swedish origin. Also, independent of ethnical background, people use the area in a similar manner.

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Forskningsprogrammet har utrett frågor om landskapsplanering av skog för att främja biologisk mån... more Forskningsprogrammet har utrett frågor om landskapsplanering av skog för att främja biologisk mångfald och ett varierat skogsbruk. En övergripande slutsats är att landskapsplanering kan bidra till att bättre än idag uppnå målet ”Levande skogar”. De viktigaste slutsatserna och lärdomarna från detta forskningsprogram är dessa (avsnittsnummer inom parentes):• En landskapsplanering bör koppla till ett tydligt mål. Ett mål skulle kunna vara att skapa förutsättningar för livskraftiga populationer av de arter som vi förbundit oss att bevara enligt Art- och habitatdirektivet, och Fågeldirektivet (4.1).• En landskapsplan bör inte bara fokusera på vilka värden som finns i landskapet, utan också på vilka värden som borde finnas för att nå uppsatta mål. Landskapsplanen bör därför innehålla skötselalternativ som bevara, restaurera, skötsel för att öka naturvärden, skötsel för skogsproduktion, och eventuellt också intensivskogsbruk. För att klara de mest krävande arterna bör man skapa konnektivitet mellan naturvärdesbestånd (3.4, 3.7.1, 3.8.1).• Genom att använda ett GIS-baserat datorprogram, t.ex. Zonation, kan man på ett objektivt och transparent sätt få fram en landskapsplan som kan fungera som underlag för diskussion mellan berörda parter (4.2.5).• En landskapsplanering behöver inte innebära mer avsättningar än i dagens skogsbruk, men eftersom konnektiviteten ökar blir naturvårdsnyttan större, och naturvårdsarbetet blir mer proaktivt. Hur mycket avsättningar som behövs beror på en mängd faktorer som t.ex. befintliga naturvärden, bonitet och fragmenteringsgrad (4.2.6).• Den största nackdelen med landskapsplanering är att olika markägare påverkas olika mycket. Landskapsplanering bör därför kombineras med ekonomiska styrmedel (4.10). Se även nedan.• En landskapsplanering av skog kan främja en skogsförvaltning som proaktivt och strategiskt bevarar livsmiljöer i skogslandskapet, ett förhållningsätt som EU-kommissionen rekommenderar vid genomförandet av art- och habitatdirektivet och fågeldirektivet. Planeringen kan tillgodose en ”kontinuerlig ekologisk funktionalitet” i landskapet. Därmed motverkas konflikter med artskyddsförordningen i enskilda fall och landskapsplanen skapar bättre förutsebarhet för skogsägare än idag (5.2.1).• Landskapsplanering av skog har skett i USA sedan 1976, genom National Forest Management Act (NFMA, §1604) och ankytande lagstiftning. Även om planeringen endast omfattar federalt ägda ”National Forests”, är konkurrensen om skogen mellan olika allmänna intressen i huvudsak densamma som i Sverige. Planeringen i USA anses i många fall ha proaktivt skyddat livsmiljöer och därmed har konflikter med artskyddet i Endangered Species Act kunnat undvikas (3.1). Lagstiftningen och erfarenheterna av planeringen i USA kan ge vägledning för ett eventuellt svenskt lagstiftningsarbete om landskapsplanering av skog. Den amerikanska lagstiftningen har regler om bl.a. intresseavvägning, kunskapsunderlag, adaptivitet och deltagande. • Om landskapsplaneringen av skog ska kunna beakta och prioritera intressen utifrån de specifika förutsättningarna i landskapet, bör lagstiftningen som utgångspunkt ge planmyndigheten betydande frihet i bedömningen. Vissa intressen behöver dock ges laglig prioritet, såsom efterlevnad av miljökvalitetsnormer (5.5). Detsamma gäller artskyddsreglerna, där dock planen kan fylla en proaktiv funktion som motverkar konflikter med skogsbruket och samtidigt bidrar till genomförandet av EU-rättens krav på skydd för arter och livsmiljöer (se ovan).• Landskapsplanering av skog bör utgå från ett underlag som har hög vetenskaplig kvalitet och som möjliggör deltagande och påverkan från skogsägare och andra intressenter (5.8). Så som lagstiftningen ser ut idag kommer det i många fall sannolikt att krävas en strategisk miljöbedömning inför planarbetet. (5.7). Vidare bör en landskapsplanering av skog (såsom i USA) vara adaptiv, eftersom naturen ständigt förändras (t.ex. på grund av klimatförändringen) på sätt som inte kan förutses och eftersom kunskapsläget i sig förändras (5.6). • Det är en politisk fråga om Sverige ska underlätta för ett intensivt skogsbruk som undantas från vissa krav i skogsvårdslagen (såsom naturvårdshänsynen i 30 §). I forskningsprogrammet tar vi inte ställningen till denna fråga i sig. Om en sådan politisk vilja finns är det centralt att intensivt skogsbruk endast tillåts på skogsmarker som saknar betydelse från naturvårdssynpunkt, om även miljömålen för skogen ska kunna nås. Landskapsplanen är ett ändamålsenligt instrument för att identifiera sådana områden (5.9).• Planeringen av skog kan ske genom en landskapsplan enbart eller genom en landskapsplan som kombineras med en lokal skogsbruksplan. En anknytande fråga är hur respektive plan ska styra enskilda skogsägare respektive myndigheter. När det gäller enskilda är den frågan intimt förknippad med rätten till intrångsersättning enligt 2 kap. 15 § regeringsformen. I rapporten diskuteras olika alternativ (5.10) och vilka…

Abstract Economic studies concerning environmental functions of forests are often partial in the ... more Abstract Economic studies concerning environmental functions of forests are often partial in the sense that they focus on either benefits or costs. In other words, benefit/cost analyses indicating whether it is economically, motivated to change forestry to make it compatible with environmental demands are relatively rare. This meta-analysis deal with the forest as recreation environment, where benefit estimates from a study conducted in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden, are compared with cost estimates from another study in the same ...

Marine Resource Economics, 2013

Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is intended... more Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is intended as an undergraduate text. It includes much of intermediate microeconomics, welfare economics, exhaustible and renewable resource theory, water economics, and environmental economics. Other topics are covered as well-each of them briefly. The author's Preface explains much of the way the book was written. "Such courses [in Natural Resource Economics] often attract a diverse group of students" (p. xii). The book is simultaneously pitched to the professional economists and the freshman environmental studies major. One group or the other usually loses out. The freshman will not find the discussion of option value or consumers' surplus helpful, while the senior economics major will find the discussion of the Faustman formula too simple. The discussion of Marshallian and Hicksian demand, I believe, pleases no one. But, there are the (many) parts that are just right for everyone. My favorite was the distinction between compensating and equivalent variation-a difficult concept concisely explained. The book's philosophical orientation, "If there were no need for resource and environmental policy, there would be no need for applied resource economics" (p. xi), is carried through much of the book. The sections on environmental economics, and particularly the Tellico Dam case study, tie resource economics to environmental policy. The discussion of the Hotelling-Clawson-Knetsch transport cost procedure and the hedonic valuation of air pollution procedure were similarly infused with a (somewhat jaded) practitioner's viewpoint. Randall is clear on what these things can and cannot do. Disappointing to me were the sections on renewable and exhaustible resources. A scant eighteen pages explain minerals, fish, and forests. All the interesting details-such as the capital theorytraditional fisheries debate, or the redundancy of salmon fishery gear-are lost. The book presents only the capital theory rule for exhaustible resources and does not really explain how such resources enter the analysis. Forestry is described only as an optimization problem; the institutions and their rules of thumb, which are policy, are neither described nor analyzed. Where the author's contribution is uneven, the publisher's is not. The typeface and layout are so inferior that I would rather read the Federal Register. In summary, Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy is a long book of uneven quality written to many different audiences.

Woody biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in Europe and the expected increase in de... more Woody biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in Europe and the expected increase in demand for wood was the stimulus for writing this paper. We discuss the economic effects of biophysical capacity limits in forest yield from a partial equilibrium perspective. Opportunities to increase the supply of forest biomass in the short-and long-term are discussed, as well as environmental side effects of intensive forest management. Focusing on northern Europe, national estimates of potential annual fellings and the corresponding potential amounts, simulated by the European Forest Information Scenario model (the EFISCEN model) are then presented, as well as reported fellings. For the region as a whole, there seems to be substantial unused biophysical potential, although recent data from some countries indicate underestimated annual felling rates. There is a need to discuss strategies to ensure that demand for wood resources in northern Europe can be accommodated without large price increases. However, using a larger proportion of the biophysical potential in northern Europe than at present will entail trade-offs with environmental and social values, which means that strategies are needed to protect and account for all the benefits of all forms of ecosystem services.

Marine Resource Economics, 2013

John C. Bergstrom & Alan Randall (2010) : Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural... more John C. Bergstrom & Alan Randall (2010) : Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy

ub.umu.se. Publications. ...

Social Science Research Network, 2011

Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different... more Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different departments and universities; provide seminars and workshops within the field of environmental & resource economics and management; constitute a platform for a creative strong research environment within the field.

ub.umu.se. Publications. ...

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Mar 27, 2015

This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environmen... more This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environments, in monetary and environmental quality terms, for different socioeconomic groups. The study area is widely used for different recreational activities and has a mix of different visitors. Data comes from a choice experiment study. Some results confirm limited existing knowledge from previous research, although the ethnical dimension to a certain extent contradicts conventional perceptions. Based on previous research from other countries, the hypothesis would be that native Swedes would benefit more from environmental improvements than respondents with a non-Swedish background. Interestingly results differ, depending on the environmental amenity. For example, respondents with a non-Swedish origin benefit more, both in monetary and environmental quality terms, from reduced noise and littering compared to respondents with a Swedish origin. Also, independent of ethnical background, people use the area in a similar manner.

Environmental Economics, Jun 20, 2019

Households' consumption patterns and behaviors have profound influence on natural resources and e... more Households' consumption patterns and behaviors have profound influence on natural resources and environmental quality. This paper explores whether environmental behaviors and willingness to pay (WTP) in the household domains transport, energy consumption and water consumption are substitutes or complements. Using a crosscountry data set from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Survey on Environmental Attitudes and Behavior from 2008, a random-effects (ordered) probit model is used to answer this question for the following countries: Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Italy, and South Korea. It is found that in most countries, actual environmental behaviors are substitutes, while WTP for environmental public goods in different domains is mostly complementary. Grounding in these results, policies aiming to encourage overall environmentally friendly lifestyles should therefore be all-encompassing of several public domains, instead of individual ones, to avoid the risk of negative spillovers. Green behavioral (in)consistencies: are pro-environmental behaviors in different domains substitutes or complements?

Journal of Forest Economics, 1996

Go to AGRIS search. Try it! Arbetsrapport - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen foer Sko... more Go to AGRIS search. Try it! Arbetsrapport - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen foer Skogsekonomi (1996). Confrontation or compromise? Determining appropriate institutions for environmental conflict resolution. ...

Abstract This thesis is based on 6 papers (included as an appendix) published in or submitted to ... more Abstract This thesis is based on 6 papers (included as an appendix) published in or submitted to various journals. The thesis deals with the benefits of forest environmental commodities, as estimated by the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), and environmental policy in the presence of such commodities. The first 4 papers present empirically orientated work using the CVM, while the remaining 2 are theoretical and policy orientated. The results of 2 CVM case studies discussed in the first paper indicate that much of the benefit of ...

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-revue Canadienne D Agroeconomie, May 22, 2013

Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different... more Sciences. The main objectives with the Centre is to tie together research groups at the different departments and universities; provide seminars and workshops within the field of environmental & resource economics and management; constitute a platform for a creative strong research environment within the field.