Ecological-economic modelling for the sustainable management of biodiversity

Ecological-economic modeling for biodiversity management: potential, pitfalls, and prospects.

Ecologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend to neglect the ecological dimension. Given these shortcomings of disciplinary models, there is a necess...

Ecological–Economic Analysis and Valuation of Biodiversity

1. Introduction: context and scope of the study In the spirit of the growing environmental awareness in the past decades, we witness nowadays an increasing interest in biodiversity, both locally and worldwide. Biodiversity requires our attention for two reasons. First, it provides a wide range of benefits to mankind and human activities. Second, many human activities have contributed to unprece...

Assessment and Spatial Planning of Landscape Ecological Connectivity for Biodiversity Management (Case Study: Qazvin Province)

Habitat and ecosystem fragmentation and, consequently, the loss of landscape connectivity are major causes of biodiversity destruction, leading to disruption of material, energy, and information flow at the landscape scale. Given the importance of this issue, the current study aimed to evaluate the ecological connectivity and spatial planning of Qazvin Province, in order to re-establish and pro...

Space for Species: Spatial Ecological-Economic Analyses of Biodiversity Conservation

Operattonaiizing Sustainable Development : Dynamic Economic - Ecological Models . '

Since the mid-eighties, a vast literature has evolved around the concept of sustainable development. It shows a wide support for changes in policy-making and decision-making, for instance, to integrate environmental interests in national and international political processes. Remarkably, recommendations of contours and new elements of research methods and policy analysis for sustainable develop...