Open AccessEconomic assessment of the habitat services and biodiversity losses under the Dniester hydropower complex impacts
Author(s) -
Cazantseva Olga,
Corobov Roman,
Ilya Trombitsky,
Sîrodoev Ghenadie,
Elena Zubcov
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.53937/icz10.2021.05
Subject(s) - heron , biodiversity , habitat , hydropower , ibis , ecosystem services , geography , ecology , environmental resource management , environmental science , ecosystem , biology
There are presented results of the economic valuation of the habitat service and biodiversity losses caused by the Dniester hydropower complex functioning. Habitat services were evaluated for two bird species (glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, and yellow heron, Ardeola ralloides) and fish spawning grounds. The evaluation of biodiversity services was carried out for the Ramsar sites “Lower Dniester” and “Unguri - Holosnita”. The current cost of discussed losses in the Moldavian part of the Dniester basin is about USD 6.7-7.1 million.