An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity
This paper adapts the safe minimum standard (SMS) approach so as to explore its use as a potential policy decision support tool that can be applied to issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resource (AnGR) diversity. Empirical SMS cost estimates are obtained us...
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2006
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| author | Drucker, Adam G. |
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| description | This paper adapts the safe minimum standard (SMS) approach so as to explore its use as a potential policy decision support tool that can be applied to issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resource (AnGR) diversity. Empirical SMS cost estimates are obtained using data from three AnGR economics case studies in Mexico and Italy. The findings support our hypothesis that the costs of implementing an SMS are low, both when compared with the size of subsidies currently being provided to the livestock sector (<1 percent of the total subsidy) and with regard to the benefits of conservation (benefit-cost ratio of >2.9). Nevertheless, despite providing a potentially useful AnGR conservation decision support tool, a critical assessment of the application reveals that a much more extensive quantification of the components required to determine SMS costs needs to be undertaken before this tool can be applied in practice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace13922024-11-15T08:53:14Z An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity Drucker, Adam G. animal genetic resources biodiversity This paper adapts the safe minimum standard (SMS) approach so as to explore its use as a potential policy decision support tool that can be applied to issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resource (AnGR) diversity. Empirical SMS cost estimates are obtained using data from three AnGR economics case studies in Mexico and Italy. The findings support our hypothesis that the costs of implementing an SMS are low, both when compared with the size of subsidies currently being provided to the livestock sector (<1 percent of the total subsidy) and with regard to the benefits of conservation (benefit-cost ratio of >2.9). Nevertheless, despite providing a potentially useful AnGR conservation decision support tool, a critical assessment of the application reveals that a much more extensive quantification of the components required to determine SMS costs needs to be undertaken before this tool can be applied in practice. 2006-02 2010-05-06T09:06:46Z 2010-05-06T09:06:46Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1392 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Drucker, A. 2006. An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity. Environment and Development Economics 11(1):77-94. |
| spellingShingle | animal genetic resources biodiversity Drucker, Adam G. An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title | An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title_full | An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title_fullStr | An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title_short | An application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| title_sort | application of the use of safe minimum standards in the conservation of livestock biodiversity |
| topic | animal genetic resources biodiversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1392 |
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