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Egg-timer session: Biodiversity Location: Auditorium H Session Chair: Frank Venmans, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | |
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Conservation Planning and Bioeconomics of a Migratory Species: A Case Study of Western European White Stork University of the Basque Country, Spain Migratory bird species make major contributions to ecosystem services and play an important role in human recreation and culture. Yet many migrant bird species have declined over the past three decades. Habitat degradation constitutes one of the most important threats for these species. Habitat protection measures are usually designated at the national scale but, because migrants move across international borders, intergovernmental coordination is crucial to safeguard migratory species. Recently several authors have developed ecological{economic procedures to design ecologically effective and economically cost-efficient conservation plans for migratory birds. A common underlying assumption in these proposals is that conservation planning is implemented by collaborative international partnerships. Unfortunately, this is not a credible assumption for many species. In fact, most migratory bird species have inadequate protected area coverage for at least one part of their annual cycle. In this paper we set up a simple bioeconomic model where we explore optimal habitat protection and stock levels for the migratory bird species with and without transboundary conservation e orts. In order to further explore the results of the bioeconomic model, a case study involving the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is considered. | |