The increasing unavailability of public financing leads decision-makers to cut funds for protecte... more The increasing unavailability of public financing leads decision-makers to cut funds for protected areas without considering the ensuing environmental, economic and social impacts. The research investigated what and how much value the Miramare Natural Marine Reserve (Italy) was able to create from public funds. The environmental accounting approach was adopted, and environmental costs and benefits taken into account. Environmental benefits assessed ecosystem services such as gas regulation, nutrient cycling, biological control, food production, nursery, raw materials, recreation and science. The model demonstrated that the value produced by the Protected Area fully covered the money spent by public authorities by a rate of 2.5.
The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called 'eValue', dev... more The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called 'eValue', developed for protected areas and applied in the research programme coordinated by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and aimed at implementing an environmental accounting system for Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). eValue adopts a cost-benefit analysis approach. Financial accounting based on costs and revenues is integrated with environmental accounting, which reflects environmental costs and environmental revenues, i.e. environmental benefits. The environ-mental costs assess the impacts related to human activities in the MPA expressed by calculating the carbon footprint and the environmental benefits of the marine ecosystem services calculated by applying monetary valuation techniques. The values thus estimated flow into the annual flow account, where the value produced (or consumed) by the MPA is estimated by difference. The eValue model was applied to the Porto Cesareo MPA (I...
The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called ‘eValue’, developed f... more The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called ‘eValue’, developed for protected areas and applied in the research programme coordinated by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and aimed at implementing an environmental accounting system for Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). eValue adopts a cost-benefit analysis approach. Financial accounting based on costs and revenues is integrated with environmental accounting, which reflects environmental costs and environmental revenues, i.e., environmental benefits. The environ-mental costs assess the impacts related to human activities in the MPA expressed by calculating the carbon footprint and the environmental benefits of the marine ecosystem services calculated by applying monetary valuation techniques. The values thus estimated flow into the annual flow account, where the value produced (or consumed) by the MPA is estimated by difference. The eValue model was applied to the Porto Cesareo MPA (Italy). ...
Climate change is seriously impacting coastal biodiversity and the benefits it provides to humans... more Climate change is seriously impacting coastal biodiversity and the benefits it provides to humans. This issue is particularly relevant in the case of the European Union’s Natura 2000 network of areas for nature protection, where the sensitivity of local ecosystems calls for intervention to increase resistance and resilience to climate-related risks. Given the complex ways in which climate can influence conservation hotspot areas, there is a need to develop effective strategic approaches and general operational models to identify priorities for management and inform adaptation and mitigation measures. Here, a novel methodological proposal to perform climate risk assessment in Natura 2000 sites is presented that implements the systematic approach of ISO 14090 in combination with the theoretical framework of ecosystem services assessment and local stakeholder participation to identify climate-related issues for local protected habitats and improve the knowledge base needed to plan sust...
Tourist Function and Environmental Accounting Model in Protected Areas Francesca VISINTIN1France... more Tourist Function and Environmental Accounting Model in Protected Areas Francesca VISINTIN1Francesco MARANGON2 1 CETACentre for Theoretical and Applied ... AM, Jansson BO, Kautsky N., Levin S., Lubchen-co J., Maler KG, David S., Starrett D., Tilman D., Walker B ...
The present work presents the results of two researches carried out in Isonzo River Mouth Reg.Nat... more The present work presents the results of two researches carried out in Isonzo River Mouth Reg.Nat.Res. The researches were carried out by the dep. of Economic Sciences of the University of Udine on behalf of the Management Body – “Consorzio Il Mosaico”. Technical data are presented in an informative way, aiming at giving an exhaustive overview of the management situation and of the touristic fruition of the Reserve.
There are three regions in North-East Italy: Friu li Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adi... more There are three regions in North-East Italy: Friu li Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige. These regions have highly diff erentiated environmental and natural features. In fact, in this small area we can find t he biomes of the main European temperate zones. The environment is important because there a re a large number of National and Regional Natural Parks, as well as small protected ar as that many people visit every year. Since the nineties, the authors have been involved in research to examine and analyse ecotourism in North-East Italy. The main objectives were to: a) define a methodolog y that would quantify the recreational flow from the results of phone and in-person interviews, b) analyse ecotourism demand, socioeconomic visitor features, tourist facilities and e conomic flow. The statistical models study the number of visits t hrough a travel cost method, and willingness to pay by means of contingent valuation methods. The findings have allowed us to fill the con...
The increasing unavailability of public financing leads decision-makers to cut funds for protecte... more The increasing unavailability of public financing leads decision-makers to cut funds for protected areas without considering the ensuing environmental, economic and social impacts. The research investigated what and how much value the Miramare Natural Marine Reserve (Italy) was able to create from public funds. The environmental accounting approach was adopted, and environmental costs and benefits taken into account. Environmental benefits assessed ecosystem services such as gas regulation, nutrient cycling, biological control, food production, nursery, raw materials, recreation and science. The model demonstrated that the value produced by the Protected Area fully covered the money spent by public authorities by a rate of 2.5.
The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called 'eValue', dev... more The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called 'eValue', developed for protected areas and applied in the research programme coordinated by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and aimed at implementing an environmental accounting system for Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). eValue adopts a cost-benefit analysis approach. Financial accounting based on costs and revenues is integrated with environmental accounting, which reflects environmental costs and environmental revenues, i.e. environmental benefits. The environ-mental costs assess the impacts related to human activities in the MPA expressed by calculating the carbon footprint and the environmental benefits of the marine ecosystem services calculated by applying monetary valuation techniques. The values thus estimated flow into the annual flow account, where the value produced (or consumed) by the MPA is estimated by difference. The eValue model was applied to the Porto Cesareo MPA (I...
The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called ‘eValue’, developed f... more The article focuses on the integrated environmental accounting model called ‘eValue’, developed for protected areas and applied in the research programme coordinated by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and aimed at implementing an environmental accounting system for Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). eValue adopts a cost-benefit analysis approach. Financial accounting based on costs and revenues is integrated with environmental accounting, which reflects environmental costs and environmental revenues, i.e., environmental benefits. The environ-mental costs assess the impacts related to human activities in the MPA expressed by calculating the carbon footprint and the environmental benefits of the marine ecosystem services calculated by applying monetary valuation techniques. The values thus estimated flow into the annual flow account, where the value produced (or consumed) by the MPA is estimated by difference. The eValue model was applied to the Porto Cesareo MPA (Italy). ...
Climate change is seriously impacting coastal biodiversity and the benefits it provides to humans... more Climate change is seriously impacting coastal biodiversity and the benefits it provides to humans. This issue is particularly relevant in the case of the European Union’s Natura 2000 network of areas for nature protection, where the sensitivity of local ecosystems calls for intervention to increase resistance and resilience to climate-related risks. Given the complex ways in which climate can influence conservation hotspot areas, there is a need to develop effective strategic approaches and general operational models to identify priorities for management and inform adaptation and mitigation measures. Here, a novel methodological proposal to perform climate risk assessment in Natura 2000 sites is presented that implements the systematic approach of ISO 14090 in combination with the theoretical framework of ecosystem services assessment and local stakeholder participation to identify climate-related issues for local protected habitats and improve the knowledge base needed to plan sust...
Tourist Function and Environmental Accounting Model in Protected Areas Francesca VISINTIN1France... more Tourist Function and Environmental Accounting Model in Protected Areas Francesca VISINTIN1Francesco MARANGON2 1 CETACentre for Theoretical and Applied ... AM, Jansson BO, Kautsky N., Levin S., Lubchen-co J., Maler KG, David S., Starrett D., Tilman D., Walker B ...
The present work presents the results of two researches carried out in Isonzo River Mouth Reg.Nat... more The present work presents the results of two researches carried out in Isonzo River Mouth Reg.Nat.Res. The researches were carried out by the dep. of Economic Sciences of the University of Udine on behalf of the Management Body – “Consorzio Il Mosaico”. Technical data are presented in an informative way, aiming at giving an exhaustive overview of the management situation and of the touristic fruition of the Reserve.
There are three regions in North-East Italy: Friu li Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adi... more There are three regions in North-East Italy: Friu li Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige. These regions have highly diff erentiated environmental and natural features. In fact, in this small area we can find t he biomes of the main European temperate zones. The environment is important because there a re a large number of National and Regional Natural Parks, as well as small protected ar as that many people visit every year. Since the nineties, the authors have been involved in research to examine and analyse ecotourism in North-East Italy. The main objectives were to: a) define a methodolog y that would quantify the recreational flow from the results of phone and in-person interviews, b) analyse ecotourism demand, socioeconomic visitor features, tourist facilities and e conomic flow. The statistical models study the number of visits t hrough a travel cost method, and willingness to pay by means of contingent valuation methods. The findings have allowed us to fill the con...
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