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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Elephants or onions? Paying for nature in Amboseli, Kenya |
Author: | Bulte, E. Boone, R. Stringer, R. Thornton, P. |
Citation: | Environment and Development Economics, 2008; 13(3):395-414 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1355-770X 1469-7998 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Erwin H. Bulte, Randall B. Boone, Randy Stringer and Philip K. Thornton |
Abstract: | Traditional grazing grounds near Amboseli National Park (Kenya) are being rapidly converted to cropland – a process that closes important wildlife corridors. We use a spatially explicit simulation model that integrates ecosystem dynamics and pastoral decision-making to explore the scope for introducing a ‘payments for ecosystem services’ scheme to compensate pastoralists for spillover benefits associated with forms of land use that are compatible with wildlife conservation. Our break-even cost analysis suggests that the benefits of such a scheme likely exceed its costs for a large part of the study area, but that ‘leakage effects’ through excessive stocking rates warrant close scrutiny. |
Provenance: | Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 May 2008 |
Rights: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1355770X08004312 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x08004312 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest |
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