Economics of Soil Conservation

Factors Affecting the Economics of Soil Conservation

Conservation through the economics lens.

Although conservation is an inherently transdisciplinary issue, there is much to be gained from examining the problem through an economics lens. Three benefits of such an approach are laid out in this paper. First, many of the drivers of environmental degradation are economic in origin, and the better we understand them, the better we can conserve ecosystems by reducing degradation. Second, eco...

Soil Erosion and Conservation

The Economics of Managed Landscape Conservation

Historically, both conservation research and policy have concentrated on primary forests. Increasingly, however, the focus is being broadened to include human-dominated landscapes, such as agroforestry systems, managed forests, hedgerows, and fallow lands. One reason is that considerable research has demonstrated that such landscapes can provide many of the same ecological services as primary f...

Tenancy and Soil Conservation Revisited