Climate change threatens biodiversity in public forests, but policy solutions exist
The article explores how the government can increase biodiversity in public forests by considering agents' behavior and values. The study focused on a forest in Southwestern Germany, using forest birds as indicators. Climate change was found to impact biodiversity provision, with costs increasing under more intense climate change scenarios. Biodiversity valuations needed to exceed opportunity costs by at least 18% to address private information held by agents. Higher costs under intense climate change reduced attainable bird abundance increases. The study suggests that mechanism design can help plan conservation policies for successful biodiversity-oriented forest management.