Designing effective policy instruments to induce sustainable land use (C08)

• Subject Area: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
• Term: from 2012 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192626868

This project aims to explore the role of different policy options in shaping environmental preferences and fostering sustainable land uses. First, we investigate the effects of different incentive payment schemes on conservation outcomes and in particular their spatial configuration, using framed field experiments. Second, we evaluate the impact of information and extension on environmental preferences and land use choices. A major focus is on eliciting environmental preferences and valuation of ecosystem services using experimental auctions and choice experiments.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 990: Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Heads: Professorin Marcela Ibañez-Diaz, Ph.D., until 12/2015; Professorin Dr. Meike Wollni