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  • Climate change ecology
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  • Climate change poses a significant threat to biodiversity, necessitating adaptive conservation strategies.
  • Key strategies include facilitating species' range shifts via migration pathways and preserving climate refugia.
  • Economic evaluation of policy instruments for these strategies is underdeveloped.

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  • To adapt economic criteria (ecological effectiveness, cost-effectiveness) for evaluating policy instruments for species conservation under climate change.
  • To conceptually analyze land purchases, offsets, and conservation payments for two distinct conservation strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted ecological effectiveness and cost-effectiveness criteria for climate change conservation.
  • Conducted a conceptual analysis of policy instruments (land purchase, offsets, conservation payments).
  • Evaluated instruments based on suitability for range shift facilitation versus climate refugia conservation.

Main Results:

  • Policy instrument effectiveness varies significantly depending on the chosen conservation strategy.
  • Land purchase is most effective for ensuring habitat persistence in climate refugia.
  • Offset programs offer the necessary flexibility for conserving species undergoing range shifts.

Conclusions:

  • Different policy instruments are optimal for different climate change conservation strategies.
  • Effective biodiversity conservation under climate change requires tailored economic and policy approaches.