Environmental pricing of externalities from different sources of electricity generation in Chile

Aravena, Claudia; Hutchinson, George; Longo, Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2011.11.004

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“…This result is comparable to previous studies [89,107–109], in which mean values of CWD volume, snag density, and basal area showed little differences between plots showing signs of fire in comparison to plots showing the combined presence of fire and logging. However, when assessing the difference between the mean values of structural attributes reported in those studies with our findings, the results should be viewed with caution because the elapsed time since the disturbance may have been different.…”

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Influence of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Stand Structural Complexity in Andean Temperate Forests: Implications for Managing Key Habitat for Biodiversity

Caviedes

Ibarra

2017

PLoS ONE

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Forest attributes and their abundances define the stand structural complexity available as habitat for faunal biodiversity; however, intensive anthropogenic disturbances have the potential to degrade and simplify forest stands. In this paper we develop an index of stand structural complexity and show how anthropogenic disturbances, namely fire, logging, livestock, and their combined presence, affect stand structural complexity in a southern Global Biodiversity Hotspot. From 2011 to 2013, we measured forest structural attributes as well as the presence of anthropogenic disturbances in 505 plots in the Andean zone of the La Araucanía Region, Chile. In each plot, understory density, coarse woody debris, number of snags, tree diameter at breast height, and litter depth were measured, along with signs of the presence of anthropogenic disturbances. Ninety-five percent of the plots showed signs of anthropogenic disturbance (N = 475), with the combined presence of fire, logging, and livestock being the most common disturbance (N = 222; 44% of plots). The lowest values for the index were measured in plots combining fire, logging, and livestock. Undisturbed plots and plots with the presence of relatively old fires (> 70 years) showed the highest values for the index of stand structural complexity. Our results suggest that secondary forests < 70-year post-fire event, with the presence of habitat legacies (e.g. snags and CWD), can reach a structural complexity as high as undisturbed plots. Temperate forests should be managed to retain structural attributes, including understory density (7.2 ± 2.5 # contacts), volume of CWD (22.4 ± 25.8 m3/ha), snag density (94.4 ± 71.0 stems/ha), stand basal area (61.2 ± 31.4 m2/ha), and litter depth (7.5 ± 2.7 cm). Achieving these values will increase forest structural complexity, likely benefiting a range of faunal species in South American temperate forests.

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Influence of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Stand Structural Complexity in Andean Temperate Forests: Implications for Managing Key Habitat for Biodiversity

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Ibarra

2017

PLoS ONE

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“…Aravena et al, 2012;MacMillan et al, 2006). These studies employed stated preference surveys to elicit respondents' willingness to pay (WTP) for a future change in a non-market good or service.…”

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Consumers’ willingness to pay for renewable energy: A meta-regression analysis

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Kragt

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Resource and Energy Economics

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JEL classification: C53 D62 Q40 Q48 Q51Keywords: Meta-regression Renewable energy Green electricity Valuation Willingness to pay a b s t r a c t Using renewable energy for domestic consumption has been identified as a key strategy by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Critical to the success of this strategy is to know whether consumers are willing to pay to increase the proportion of electricity generated from renewable energy in their electricity portfolio. There are a number of studies in the literature that report a wide range of willingness to pay estimates. In this study, we used a meta-regression analysis to determine how much of the variation in willingness to pay reflects true differences across the population and how much is due to study design, such as survey design and administration, and model specification. The results showed that factors that influence willingness to pay, such as renewable energy type, consumers' socio-economic profile and consumers' energy consumption patterns, explain less variation in willingness to pay estimates than the characteristics of the study design itself. Because of this effect, we recommend that policy makers exercise caution when interpreting and using willingness to pay results from primary studies. Our meta-regression analysis further shows that consumers have significantly higher (C. Ma). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.07.003 0928-7655/© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 94 C. Ma et al. / Resource and Energy Economics 42 (2015) 93-109willingness to pay for electricity generated from solar, wind or generic renewable energy source (i.e. not a specific source) than hydro power or biomass.

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“…Studies on RES are sparse in other continents. In the course of our literature search, we found only one related study in South America [2], and three in Africa [3][4][5]. The types of RES examined by these studies are usually generic, also termed as green or clean energy source.…”

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Willingly or grudgingly? A meta-analysis on the willingness-to-pay for renewable energy use

Soon

Ahmad

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Environmental pricing of externalities from different sources of electricity generation in Chile

Cited by 66 publications

References 48 publications

Influence of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Stand Structural Complexity in Andean Temperate Forests: Implications for Managing Key Habitat for Biodiversity

Influence of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Stand Structural Complexity in Andean Temperate Forests: Implications for Managing Key Habitat for Biodiversity

Consumers’ willingness to pay for renewable energy: A meta-regression analysis

Willingly or grudgingly? A meta-analysis on the willingness-to-pay for renewable energy use

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