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Value of wild mushroom picking as an environmental service
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Autor/a:
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Martínez de Aragón, Juan; Riera, Pere; Giergiczny, Marek; Colinas, C. (Carlos)
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Among the environmental services provided by Mediterranean forests, wild mushroom picking is particularly
appreciated. Where access to the forests is free, and when the property rights to the products that can be
picked from the ground are not clearly assigned, forest owners bear a cost, in the form of forest damage by
pickers, and receive no benefit. These owners therefore have little incentive to provide the public with more
or better forests, however socially desirable this would be. If the value of this environmental service to society
was known, an appropriate policy could be applied. The first step in assessing this value (evaluation) is
illustrated here in a case study in central Catalonia, Spain. A travel cost method was applied to a sample of
mushroom pickers over three years. The results show an estimated recreational surplus of €39 per journey.
The second step (policy) was explored by asking mushroom pickers for their views on various different
payment schemes. The results suggest that paying for this environmental service would be supported to
varying degrees depending on how the policy is designed.
This study has been funded by the research project AGL2008- 04435/FOR (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain, Secretaria de Política Científica y Tecnológica) and by the Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge of the Generalitat de Catalunya. |
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Materia(s):
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-Environmental services
-Travel Cost Method
-Forest recreational value |
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Derechos:
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(c) Elsevier, 2011
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Tipo de documento:
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Editor:
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Elsevier
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