Abstract Agri-environment schemes (AES), where farmers receive payments in exchange for
providing public goods and services such as biodiversity, account for a major proportion of …

Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have been studied extensively over the
past decade as an important policy tool for coordinating ecological protection and regional …

This article examines the use of economic analysis to inform bioinvasion management, with
particular focus on forest resources. Economics is key for understanding invasion processes …

The decline in salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin has been
well documented, as have the decades-long, $9 billion restoration spending efforts by …

Owners and managers of private lands make decisions that have implications well beyond
the boundaries of their land, influencing species conservation, water quality, wildfire risk …

A small but growing number of watershed investment programs in the western United States
focus on wildfire risk reduction to municipal water supplies. This paper used return on …

The eradication of invasive species from islands is an important part of managing these
ecologically unique and at‐risk regions. Island eradications are complex projects and …

Return on investment (ROI) analysis is a tool traditionally used in the private sector to
evaluate and compare projects and investments. Over the past several decades, the use of …

Buying land to establish protected areas is a common conservation strategy, particularly in
countries with strong private property rights. Accurately accounting for spatial heterogeneity …

Many nations have laws to identify and protect imperiled species and their ecosystems. In
the United States, actions taken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have prevented …