The costs and socio-economic benefits associated with the Natura 2000 network

Abstract

Initiatives and approaches taken to promote awareness of the network .103 5.2.1 Government initiatives to improve awareness of Natura 2000 benefits ..103 5.2.2 NGO initiatives to increase awareness of benefits .

Ecosystem Services: The Opportunities of Rewilding in Europe

“…For instance, Target 2 of the EU 2020 biodiversity strategy promotes the restoration and the use of green infrastructures (i.e interconnected network of ecosystems, such as wetlands and woodlands) with the goal of restoring 15 % of degraded ecosystems, through incentives based on EU funding and Public Private Partnerships (European Commission 2011a). In this context, the restoration of nature through rewilding can be seen as a solution to address the on-going agricultural land abandonment while developing a new rural economy offering multiple social and environmental benefits (Brown et al 2011;Bryden et al 2010;Donlan et al 2006;Gantolier et al 2010;Hein 2011;McMorran et al 2006).…”

Estimating costs of nature management in the European Union : Exploration modelling for PBL’s Nature Outlook

“…The study of Gantioler et al (2010) takes costs for personnel, monitoring, research, and surveillance into account. In other words, the costs of administration and apparatus.…”

“…Data sources are various Dutch studies, management reports of Natura 2000 Habitats' of DG Environment and a study of Gantioler et al (2010). Additional data were collected from Eurostat and FADN (farm based statistics).…”

“…To date, only the reviews made by Gantioler et al (2010) and Gantioler et al (2014), which are mostly based on surveys, provide some insights in the specification of different cost elements. We used the framework of Gantioler et al (2010) for the development of the cost model, while developing some aspects further to meet the specific aims of the present study.…”

On the valuation of ecosystem services in Muránska Planina National Park (Slovakia)

“…It aims to stop biodiversity loss and ecosystem services degradation in the EU by 2020 and to renew them as much as possible as an important contribution in a fight against biodiversity loss (Mandate EU 2012). A recent study of the EC estimates that the benefits of Natura 2000 would be more than 3 to 7 times the cost of establishing such a protected area (EEA Report No 5/2012;Gantioler et al 2014). …”