Case Study, Economic Returns VS Species Loss in Oregon

The production possibility shows feasible combinations of species persistence and economic returns for a sample landscape based on the Willamette Basin in Oregon in the United States. The Figure shows results for 97 terrestrial vertebrates found in the basin and economic returns from agriculture and forestry production. Each land parcel can be put into a biological reserve, agriculture, or forestry. The land use pattern determines the value of economic returns from agriculture and forestry production and the pattern of habitat. For each species, persistence depends on the extent and pattern of suitable habitat
Such analysis can identify management strategies that generate efficient outcomes in which it is not possible to increase one objective without decreasing another

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