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Biodiversity and Optimal Multi-species Ecosystem Management

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  • Christine Bertram

    (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

  • Martin F. Quaas

    (Kiel University)

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We analyze optimal multi-species management in a dynamic bio-economic model taking into account both harvesting profit and biodiversity value. Within an analytical model, we show that extinction is never optimal when a global biodiversity value is taken into account. Moreover, a stronger preference for species diversity leads to a more even distribution of stock sizes in the optimal steady state, and a higher value of biodiversity increases steady state stock sizes for all species when species are ecologically independent or symbiotic. For a predator–prey ecosystem, the effects may be positive or negative depending on relative prices and the strength of species interaction. The analytical results are illustrated and extended using an age-structured three-species predator–prey model for the Baltic cod, sprat, and herring fisheries. In this quantitative application, we find that using stock biomass or stock numbers as abundance indicators in the biodiversity index may lead to opposite results.

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  • Christine Bertram & Martin F. Quaas, 2017. "Biodiversity and Optimal Multi-species Ecosystem Management," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 67(2), pages 321-350, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:67:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s10640-015-9988-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9988-8
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    Keywords

    Biodiversity; Ecosystem management; Fishery; Ecological-economic modeling; Marine resources; Baltic sea;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q22 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Fishery
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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