Economic Evaluation of Wildlife Management in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 26870439
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems; Environmental impact assessment
• Research Institution: Sophia University (2016-2017); Nagasaki University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: HORIE Tetsuya 上智大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40634332)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 野生動物 / 生態系保全 / 森林 / サンゴ / 農家 / 赤土流出 / 固有種 / 生物多様性 / 保全政策 / 自発的な保全地提供 / 病害虫の拡散 / 絶滅危惧種の保全 / 観光需要 / 経済的手段 / 経済評価 / 野生動物管理 / 絶滅危惧種 / 費用効率的な管理 / シミュレーション分析 / 実証的分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored three separate projects. First project is on the cost effective spatial management of wildlife using mongoose data in Amami island. We also evaluated the technical efficiencies of minimizing the damage caused by wildlife in Japan, using prefecture data in Japan. We also explored the factors determining the probabilities of tree disease in Japan using the grid data.
The second project is empirically showed the determinant factors of farmers' decision over red soil runoff mitigation from their farmlands to protect the watershed ecosystem. We conducted the analysis using our original data obtained at Kume Island in Japan. The third project is to review the studies of ecosystem conservation policy in the U.S. so that we can learn the lessons the advanced economic schemes for the conservation policy.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Farmers Decisions About Measures for Prevention of Red Soil Runoff and Planting Seasons of Sugar Cane in Kume Island Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Tetsuya Horie
  • Organizer: Mid‐Continent Regional Science Association 48th Annual Conference, June 7-9, 2017, Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center Oregon, Ohio
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 環境経済学のフロンティア（第12章 生物多様性保全政策の設計と評価―米国の事例に則して） (2017)
  • Author(s): 堀江哲也、有村 俊秀, 片山 東,松本 茂,小谷 浩二, 小西 祥文, 阪本 浩章, 新熊 隆嘉, 神事 直人, 樽井 礼, 徳永 佳奈恵, 東田 啓作, 藤井 秀道, 堀江 哲也, 松川 勇, 馬奈木 俊介, 山本 雅資
  • Total Pages: 26
  • Publisher: 日本評論社
• [Book] 「生物多様性保全と経済的手段」大沼あゆみ・栗山浩一編『生物多様性を保全する』シリーズ環境政策の新地平4, 第6章 (2015)
  • Author(s): 堀江哲也
  • Publisher: 岩波書店