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The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores

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  • Widman, Marit

    (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Elofsson, Katarina

    (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

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Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government’s compensation cost function. This study uses Swedish data on the county level over the period of 2001 to 2013. Compensation costs due to depredation by three large carnivores are considered: the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the wolf (Canis lupus) and the lynx (Lynx lynx). The results indicate that the costs of compensation for depredation by wolves, lynx and brown bears are determined by the densities of predators and livestock, the amount of forest pasture and the stock of preventive measures. There are considerable differences in marginal costs between predator species and counties, which have implications for policy.

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  • Widman, Marit & Elofsson, Katarina, 2016. "The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores," Working Paper Series 2016:5, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:slueko:2016_005
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    Keywords

    Wildlife compensation; Livestock depredation; Lynx; Wolf; Brown bear; Sheep.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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