Measuring the Economic Value of Two Habitat Defragmentation Policy Scenarios for the Veluwe, The Netherlands C. Martijn van der Heide, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Ekko C. van Ierland and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes NOTA DI LAVORO 42.2005 MARCH 2005 NRM – Natural Resources Management C. Martijn van der Heide, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Public Issues Division Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Ekko C. van Ierland, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei This paper can be downloaded without charge at: The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Note di Lavoro Series Index: http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/default.htm Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract=690146 The opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the position of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Corso Magenta, 63, 20123 Milano (I), web site: www.feem.it, e-mail:
[email protected] Measuring the Economic Value of Two Habitat Defragmentation Policy Scenarios for the Veluwe, The Netherlands Summary This paper offers an economic value assessment of a nature protection programme in the Veluwe. This programme involves two defragmentation scenarios: the first scenario connects the central part of the Veluwe with the IJssel river forelands in a north-eastern direction, while the second scenario is focused on defragmentation in a south-western direction, where the Rhine river forelands are located. The valuation is based on a questionnaire that was administered during face-to-face interviews in the Veluwe area and through the Internet.