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Protected Areas And Municipality Finances

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  • David Crommelynck

    (AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Matthieu Leprince

    (AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Olivier Thébaud

    (AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Protected areas are one of the major tools used to conserve biodiversity, but their effectiveness is regularly questioned. One key concern is that municipalities might refrain from enrolling land into protected areas because it might be detrimental to economic activity. As a consequence, protected areas may be located in places where economic activity is low rather than where biodiversity is most threatened. We study the allocation of protected areas in France using a rich set of data on biodiversity, economic activity, tax potential of municipalities and socio-demographics. We first show that biodiversity is highly positively associated with protection, even condi- tional on economic activity, thereby softening the concerns that protected areas are unrelated to conservation objectives. We also uncover a major gap in tax potential between protected and unprotected areas conditional on biodiversity. We show that most of this gap is explained by variables measuring the intensity of economic activ- ity. Finally, we find that socio-demographic and political variables do not explain the remaining gap. There are two possible explanations for our results: either protection kills economic activity, or areas are protected only where economic activity is not developed

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  • David Crommelynck & Matthieu Leprince & Olivier Thébaud, 2024. "Protected Areas And Municipality Finances," Post-Print hal-05244704, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05244704
    DOI: 10.2307/48804185
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    1. Guy Gilbert & Alain Guengant, 2004. "Évaluation de la performance péréquatrice des concours financiers de l'État aux communes," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 373(1), pages 81-108.
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