Cumulative Effects Planning: Finding the Balance Using Choice Experiments
Cumulative effects management requires understanding the environmental impacts of development and finding the right balance between social, economic, and environmental objectives. We explored the use of choice experiments to elicit preferences for competing social, economic, and ecological outcomes...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f4123ce5d48a4a73a767b7b80733c861 2023-05-15T16:16:52+02:00 Cumulative Effects Planning: Finding the Balance Using Choice Experiments Amanda Spyce Marian Weber Wiktor Adamowicz 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04491-170122 https://doaj.org/article/f4123ce5d48a4a73a767b7b80733c861 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss1/art22/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-04491-170122 https://doaj.org/article/f4123ce5d48a4a73a767b7b80733c861 Ecology and Society, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 22 (2012) aboriginal preferences choice experiments cumulative effects Northern Canada Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04491-170122 2022-12-31T10:51:46Z Cumulative effects management requires understanding the environmental impacts of development and finding the right balance between social, economic, and environmental objectives. We explored the use of choice experiments to elicit preferences for competing social, economic, and ecological outcomes in order to rank land and resource development options. The experiments were applied in the Southeast Yukon, a remote and resource rich region in Northern Canada with a relatively large aboriginal population. The case study addresses two issues of concern in cumulative effects management: the willingness to discount future environmental costs for immediate development benefits, and the existence of limits of acceptable change for communities affected by development. These issues are thought to be particularly relevant for First Nations in Northern Canada where cultural identify is tied to the land and continuity of the community is an important value. We found that residents of the Southeast Yukon value benefits from both development and conservation and must make trade-offs between these competing objectives in evaluating land use scenarios. Based on the preference information we evaluated four land use scenarios. Conservation scenarios ranked higher than development scenarios, however, there was significant heterogeneity around preferences for conservation outcomes suggesting a low degree of consensus around this result. We also found that residents did not discount the future highlighting the importance of intergenerational equity in resource development decisions. We did not find evidence of development thresholds or limits of acceptable change. Interestingly we found no difference in preferences between the aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Yukon Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Yukon Ecology and Society 17 1 |
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Cumulative effects management requires understanding the environmental impacts of development and finding the right balance between social, economic, and environmental objectives. We explored the use of choice experiments to elicit preferences for competing social, economic, and ecological outcomes in order to rank land and resource development options. The experiments were applied in the Southeast Yukon, a remote and resource rich region in Northern Canada with a relatively large aboriginal population. The case study addresses two issues of concern in cumulative effects management: the willingness to discount future environmental costs for immediate development benefits, and the existence of limits of acceptable change for communities affected by development. These issues are thought to be particularly relevant for First Nations in Northern Canada where cultural identify is tied to the land and continuity of the community is an important value. We found that residents of the Southeast Yukon value benefits from both development and conservation and must make trade-offs between these competing objectives in evaluating land use scenarios. Based on the preference information we evaluated four land use scenarios. Conservation scenarios ranked higher than development scenarios, however, there was significant heterogeneity around preferences for conservation outcomes suggesting a low degree of consensus around this result. We also found that residents did not discount the future highlighting the importance of intergenerational equity in resource development decisions. We did not find evidence of development thresholds or limits of acceptable change. Interestingly we found no difference in preferences between the aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations. |
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