Аннотация:Understanding the difference in costs and benefits between taking action and not taking action is a powerful tool that can protect threatened landscapes and establish sustainable land management practices. Here, in the case of the diminishing orchards of southern Russia, we can see that
orchards are ultimately more valuable than the cropland that is replacing them, but the cost of re-establishing and maintaining them is too high for farmers. Gaining more knowledge can thus help governments set policies that protect this unique ecosystem from further degradation and even
re-establish them so that their benefits can be sustainably reaped. Full paper can be read here https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/replanting-orchards-worth-case-study-russia/.