Wildlife damage, insurance/compensation for farmers and conservation: Sri Lankan elephants as a case

The interference with agriculture has been recognised as the main cause for the current conflict between farmers and wild elephants in Sri Lanka, as elsewhere in the Asian elephant range. Thus compensating farmers for the damages caused by elephants is essential, if this endangered species is to survive in the long run. This paper explores the practicality of establishing an improved publicly funded insurance/compensation scheme to recompense farmers for the elephant damages. It does so by analysing results from two contingent valuation surveys undertaken in Sri Lanka. We find that possible public support of farmers plus urban dwellers significantly exceeds the financial requirement of the insurance scheme proposed in this study for perpetuity. The article also shows that it is often inappropriate from an economic viewpoint to analyse crop insurance as if it only involves the insurance of a private good because important positive externalities can arise from ‘crop’ damages by wildlife, e.g. elephants. The use of agricultural land by some species is essential for their long-term survival and this is often positively valued by the community as a whole.

Unemployment compensation, what and why? /

"This brief study of the purposes and operation of the unemployment compensation systems was written by Gladys R. Friedman, technical advisor in the Division of legislative aid." -- p. [II].

The federal-state program for unemployment compensation /

"December 1936."

What you should know about unemployment compensation : some questions and answers concerning the unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act and state unemployment laws /

"March 1937."

"Full aid" insurance for the traffic victim; a voluntary compensation plan.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of the Workmen's Compensation Board for the year.

At head of title, <1922>-1973: The Workmen's Compensation Act, Manitoba.

Workmen's Compensation Board reports.

"Digest of decisions by Workmen's Compensation Board in selected cases, full text of court and board decisions under the Disability benefits law and Volunteer firemen's law, referee bulletins, interpretive bulletins and new rules and regulations."

Laws of the state of Minnesota relating to the State live stock sanitary board and local boards of health and their duties and powers in dealing with animals and animal diseases. Comp. August 1, 1929.

Mode of access: Internet.

Handbook for Minnesota school board members /

"Editor, Lucy R. Foster"--p. iii.

Bradbury's workmen's compensation and state insurance law of the United States ... together with the latest British compensation act : with numerous notes, comments and explanations /

Includes index.

Decisions of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report of the Workmen's Compensation Board.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report ... of Workmen's Compensation Board of Nova Scotia.

Description based on: 1960.

Report for ... of the Workmen's Compensation Board, Ontario /

Report for 1915 includes also "Report for 1914 covering organization of the Workmen's Compensation Board."

Workmen's compensation : report of special interim committee of the House of Representatives, Minnesota.

Cover title.