BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICIES AFFECTING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: TERMINATED
• Funding Source: HATCH
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1005903
• Project No.: FLA-FRE-005439
• Multistate No.: W-3133
• Project Start Date: Jan 30, 2015
• Project End Date: Sep 30, 2017

Project Director
Bi, XI.

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
G022 MCCARTY HALL
GAINESVILLE,FL 32611

Performing Department
Food and Resource Economics

Non Technical Summary
Valuation of ecosystem goods and services provides essential inputs to decisionmaking that attempts to balance sustainable economic growth, environmental quality, and natural resource use and conservation to support avariety of (sometimes conflicting) societal needs. The water resources in Florida are increasingly facing the pressures from population growth, urban development, and threats from climate change. Given the diversity of land-use types and stakeholder interests, desining an effective water resource management policy framework to satisfy a suite of societal needs precipitated a call for valuation and comparison of services.This project will focus on several key types of water resources in Florida that are facing those threats. For example, the natural springs and the river systems. To valuate the many ecosystem services provided by water resources and to evaluate tradeoffs between those services, we will use economic valuation methods and collect primary survey data accomopolish our goals. Particuarly, data from various users of the water resources (i.e., farmers and local residents) will be collected.

Animal Health Component

0%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

0%

Applied

100%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
605	0210	3010	100%

Knowledge Area
605 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics;

Subject Of Investigation
0210 - Water resources;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;

Keywords

nonmarket

valuation

Goals / Objectives
Obj 2: Economic Valuation Methods<p>Task 2-1: Advances in Stated/Revealed Preference Methods<p>Task 2-2: Advances in Benefit Transfer Methods<p>Task 2-3: Advances in Spatial/Environmental Nexus Obj 3: Integrated Ecosystem Services Valuation and Management<p>Task 3-1: Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services Flows<p>Task 3-2: Economic Analysis of Recreation Services<p>Task 3-3: Economic Analysis of Water Quality, Quantity and Flow

Project Methods
Economic Valuation Methods including revealed and stated preference methods, econometrics, and statistical and spatial analysis methods

Progress 01/30/15 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience:Made presentations at the annual meetings ofAgricultural and Applied Economics Association,Southern Agricultural Economics Association,W3133 Multi-state Hatch Project Annual Meeting in front of researchers from the academiaand government agency.Met and presented research to stakeholders at meetings including environmental interests groups, farmers, and local government agencies. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?trained 3 master&#39;s students in data analysis, management, and thesis . How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes. The following report was submitted to the state legislature. Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova, Sherry Larkin, and James Longanecker(g). 2015. St. John&#39;s River Economic Study. Economic Value of Recreation along the Freshwater Portion of the St. Johns River. C. Hackney (Ed.). Jacksonville, Florida. 225-262. http://www.sjrwmd.com/stjohnsriver/pdfs/St._Johns_River_Economic_Study.pdf What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Improve methods on estimating preference hetergeneity and provide training opportunities to graduate students.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Identified and estimated hetergenous demands for water resources

Publications

• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Oren Ehrlich(g), Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova, and Sherry Larkin. 2017. A Latent Class Analysis of Public Attitudes toward Water Resources: Implications for Recreational Demand. Ecosystem Services. 28: 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.019
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Tatiana Borisova, Xiang Bi, and Sherry Larkin. 2016. Assessing Nature-Based Recreation to Support Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability Extension Programs. Journal of Extension. 15191RIB: https://joe.org/joe/2016october/rb1.php

Progress 01/30/15 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:Presented research in annual meetings ofAgricultural and Applied Economics Association, and Southern Agricultural Economics Association, and W3133 meetings in front of researchers from academics and government agencies. Presented research at meetings orgaized by local environmental groups and environmental protection agency in front of stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?trained 2 master students in developing thesis and academic publication How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes. the following report was sent to the Florida legislature.Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova, Sherry Larkin, and James Longanecker(g). 2015. St. John&#39;s River Economic Study. Economic Value of Recreation along the Freshwater Portion of the St. Johns River. C. Hackney (Ed.). Jacksonville, Florida. 225-262. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Improve methods in estimatinghetergenous preference for wate resource management

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Improved the estimates onhetegenous preference for water resources management

Publications

• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Oren Ehrlich(g), Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova, and Sherry Larkin. 2017. A Latent Class Analysis of Public Attitudes toward Water Resources: Implications for Recreational Demand. Ecosystem Services. 28: 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.019
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Tatiana Borisova, Xiang Bi, and Sherry Larkin. 2016. Assessing Nature-Based Recreation to Support Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability Extension Programs. Journal of Extension. 15191RIB: https://joe.org/joe/2016october/rb1.php
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova, Sherry Larkin, and James Longanecker(g). 2015. St. Johns River Economic Study. Economic Value of Recreation along the Freshwater Portion of the St. Johns River. C. Hackney (Ed.). Jacksonville, Florida. 225-262.