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T1 Environmental valuation and management of wild edible mushroom picking in Spain
A1 Frutos Madrazo, Pablo de
A1 Rodríguez Prado, Beatriz
A1 Latorre, Joaquín
A1 Martínez Peña, Fernando
K1 Wild edible mushroom
K1 Management
K1 Travel cost method
K1 2417.06 Micología (Setas)
K1 5302 Econometría
AB Applying environmental valuation techniques to improve environmental management is a strategy recommendedby the leading international organisations. The present research applies the zonal version of thetravel cost method to estimate the intertemporal demand functions for wild edible mushroom picking in variousregulated areas in Castilla y León (Spain) through the sale of permits. Using data on the sale of picking permitsissued by the managing authority (Micocyl), taken from their on-line sales platform, between 2013 and 2016, thecorresponding demand functions for picking are estimated. Interpreting these functions, and calculating collectorsurplus, shows how management of this resource may be improved by providing valuable information thatcan be used by decision-makers in the various management areas. The main conclusion to emerge is that, basedon the features of price elasticity of demand, adjusting the fees for the picking permits can help to manage theresource for purposes beyond merely raising revenue. The price control thus implemented might help to adaptthe number of permits sold to the real situation of each area's harvest demand function and, therefore, to managethe harvesting pressure exerted on said resource, taking the amount actually picked as a real base. As a result,said management policies should not be approached in isolation from other public policies given the shift inmushroom picker profiles, which seem to be increasingly related to recreational aspects and less concerned withself-consumption of what is picked.
PB Elsevier
SN 1389-9341
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66998
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66998
LA eng
NO Forest policy and economics, vol. 100, p. 177-187
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-jul-2024