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Valuing the Ecosystem Services of Florida's Forest Conservation Programs: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Water Quality

Melissa M. Kreye, Francisco J. Escobedo, Damian C. Adams, Taylor Stein, and Tatiana Borisova


Release Date: 8/18/2025

Reviewed At: 6/27/2021

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr377-2013

Agriculture

Abstract

How much are Floridians willing to pay for water quality protection programs that include forest conservation? This 9-page fact sheet reports the results of a study to answer this question, using a benefit transfer approach.

About this Publication

This document is FOR309, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2013. Revised July 2020, February 2021, and December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document was funded in part by Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Outreach and Research, the Florida Forest Service, and the United States Forest Service.

About the Authors

Melissa M. Kreye, post-doctoral research associate; Francisco J. Escobedo, former associate professor; Damian C. Adams, assistant professor; Taylor Stein, professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; and Tatiana Borisova, assistant professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Kreye, M. M., Escobedo, F. J., Adams, D. C., Stein, T., & Borisova, T. (2013). Valuing the Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Forest Conservation Programs: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Water Quality. EDIS, 2013(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr377-2013

Authors

Francisco J. Escobedo
Francisco J. Escobedo

former associate professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Tatiana Borisova
Tatiana Borisova

former associate professor and extension specialist, Department of Food and Resource Economics

Melissa Kreye
Melissa Kreye
postdoc
University of Florida

post-doctoral associate, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Damian Adams
Damian Adams
Specialist
University of Florida

associate dean for research and professor, natural resource economics and policy, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences and Department of Food and Resource Economics

Taylor Stein
Taylor Stein
Specialist
University of Florida

professor and associate director, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

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