This paper presents the results of a cost-benefit analysis of a conservation program for the Pentro horse. This horse breed has been reared for millennia in a Southern Italian wetland where it is now strongly tied to the traditions of the region, but presently faces extinction as only 150 horses have survived. Horse herds live in a wild state, characterising in a remarkable manner the landscape of the wetland. This results in a flow of social benefits that the market value of this breed fails to capture. The benefits from a conservation program for this currently unprotected local breed is estimated in a contingent valuation study, while a bio-economic model is used to estimate the costs associated with its in-situ conservation. The results show that the benefit/cost ratio is, in the worst scenario, equal to 1.67, thus justifying a conservation policy. This combined approach could be useful to support policy-making for conservation in regions with a long history of breeding domestic animals.

Costs and benefits of preserving farm animal genetic resources from Extinction: CVM and Bio-economic model for valuing a conservation program for the Italian Pentro horse / Cicia, Giovanni; D'Ercole, Elisabetta; Marino, D.. - In: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0921-8009. - STAMPA. - 45:3(2003), pp. 445-459. [10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00096-X]

Costs and benefits of preserving farm animal genetic resources from Extinction: CVM and Bio-economic model for valuing a conservation program for the Italian Pentro horse

CICIA, GIOVANNI;D'ERCOLE, ELISABETTA;
2003

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a cost-benefit analysis of a conservation program for the Pentro horse. This horse breed has been reared for millennia in a Southern Italian wetland where it is now strongly tied to the traditions of the region, but presently faces extinction as only 150 horses have survived. Horse herds live in a wild state, characterising in a remarkable manner the landscape of the wetland. This results in a flow of social benefits that the market value of this breed fails to capture. The benefits from a conservation program for this currently unprotected local breed is estimated in a contingent valuation study, while a bio-economic model is used to estimate the costs associated with its in-situ conservation. The results show that the benefit/cost ratio is, in the worst scenario, equal to 1.67, thus justifying a conservation policy. This combined approach could be useful to support policy-making for conservation in regions with a long history of breeding domestic animals.
2003
Costs and benefits of preserving farm animal genetic resources from Extinction: CVM and Bio-economic model for valuing a conservation program for the Italian Pentro horse / Cicia, Giovanni; D'Ercole, Elisabetta; Marino, D.. - In: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0921-8009. - STAMPA. - 45:3(2003), pp. 445-459. [10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00096-X]
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