Cost-Effectiveness of Dryland Forest Restoration Evaluated by Spatial Analysis of Ecosystem Services
background
This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of dryland forest restoration through a comparative analysis of four study areas in Latin America.
Research Goals & Methods
The authors model multiple ecosystem services to estimate costs and benefits of restoring dryland forests under a range of economic valuation conditions.
Conclusions & Takeaways
The study concludes that passive forest restoration has a positive net social benefit (NSB) as opposed to active restoration which was not cost-effective and has a negative NSB.
Reference:
Cost-effectiveness of dryland forest restoration evaluated by spatial analysis of ecosystem services. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2010;107:21925–21930. doi:10.1073/pnas.1003369107.
Affiliation:
- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Change, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom
- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
- Laboratorio Ecotono Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Bariloche, Argentina
- Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile