Caribou require old growth forests for food and shelter; however, maturation of
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Caribou require old growth forests for food and shelter; however, maturation of forest stands is in conflict with the development of natural resources such as timber and petroleum. A resource manager -kas been tasked with the management of a land base that provides the home range for a herd of xnfibou. The area of land to be managed is one million hectares - 65% of which is currently maintained as old growth forest and the remaining 35% is in some stage of resource development or secondary growth. The resource manager recognizes that the 35% of the landbase currently in some form of development or secondary growth will never be considered old growth'prime' habitat within the planning horizon; however, he/she must take the entire landbase into consideration when making the management decisions. Scientists have provided the land manager with the following information: In prime habitat locations, caribou avoid predation by maintaining low densities averaging around 0.05 caribou per square kilometer. Caribou avoid developed lands and developed areas have an effective density of zero caribou per square kilometer. Economists have provided the land manager with the following information: A stated preference survey has estimated that an individual caribou is worth approximately $100 to the public. The non-timber value associated with an old growth forest (beyond the provision of caribou habitat) is approximately $0.95/ha. The average economic return of developed lands within the area in question is $41/ha. The land manager has been told that he should maintain a target caribou herd size of 310 within the region. How much current old growth should be developed and how much should be maintained as habitat? What is the total economic value associated with this land use allocation? Consider instead that the land manager has been tasked with the responsibility of maintaining a minimum total economic value of $27 million within the management region. How much old growth forest should be developed and how much should be maintained as prime caribou habitat? What herd size would be supported with this land use allocation?Explanation / Answer
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