Willingness to pay for reintroducing wolves in a divided voting base

Hoag, Dana L.; Burkhardt, Jesse; Ghasemi, Benjamin; Breck, Stewart W.; Niemiec, Rebecca M.; Crooks, Kevin R.

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02576

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“…The cost of species reintroduction and management is massive. The reintroduction as well as management of wolves cost more than US$1 million per state (Hoag et al 2023). However, the ecosystem services generated by wolf reintroduction could outweigh the costs: for instance, the presence of wolves reduced deer-vehicle collisions by 24%, bringing economic benefits 63 times larger than costs of wolf depredation on livestock (Raynor et al 2021).…”

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Developing a system model for articulating the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction

Sakurai,

Uehara,

Tsunoda

et al. 2024

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Reintroducing locally extinct/extirpated species has been considered as an approach for restoring ecosystems. Although such projects share the same goals of rebuilding previously affected ecosystems, the overall impacts that such reintroductions generate on both ecosystems and human society, i.e., on the social-ecological system, are difficult to measure. We propose a system dynamics approach, a platform on which both natural and social scientists could collaborate to identify the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction as well as factors that affect such decision making. We use cases in Japan to demonstrate the potential applicability of system dynamics in terms of (1) understanding the impacts of a previously reintroduced species, the Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana), and (2) predicting the impacts of reintroduction of wolves (Canis lupus). We present a causal loop diagram of the social and ecological effects of Oriental Stork reintroduction, and we discuss how the relationships between factors could be articulated based on empirical data and ongoing projects in Japan. The model demonstrates how local residents began to appreciate the rich biodiversity, including the Oriental Stork, following its reintroduction, and how public support toward such reintroduction enhanced further projects to reintroduce these species in different parts of Japan. A similar diagram, created to illustrate the social and ecological effects of the potential reintroduction of wolves to Japan, demonstrates how social factors such as environmental education and public attitudes could affect decision making as well as ecological factors such as predator-prey dynamics and overall biodiversity. Further, humanwolf conflicts could negatively affect the overall loop. Creating causal loop diagrams can help managers and stakeholders understand that species reintroduction projects need to be considered via an interdisciplinary approach. The models illustrate that these problems are dynamic and that the factors affecting or affected by such projects change over time, implying the importance of both the spatial and temporal scales in managing reintroduction projects.

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confidence: 99%