Cost-effective conservation: A review of what works to preserve biodiversity

dc.contributor.authorFerraro, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, R. Daviden
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:53Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:53Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses different approaches to biodiversity conservation, advocating for the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of direct payments over indirect payments. It is important to consider not only the theoretical differences but also the lessons revealed from implementation of both direct and indirect approaches. There are multiple options for financing conservation; innovative approaches are not necessarily better than more traditional financing methods. Although conservation schemes that promise more leverage for less money sound appealing, they likely will not deliver the expected outcomes. There is a cost to conserving biodiversity and, with few exceptions, the most cost-effective conservation is through direct payments.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2487en
dc.identifier.citationResources 143: 17-20en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66988en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherResources for the Future (RFF)en
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/docs/143ferrarosimpsonresources.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 Resources for the Future (RFF)en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectDirect paymentsen
dc.subjectConservation outcomesen
dc.subjectIndirect approachesen
dc.subjectDirect approachesen
dc.subjectCost-effectivenessen
dc.subjectLow-income countriesen
dc.subjectConservation donorsen
dc.titleCost-effective conservation: A review of what works to preserve biodiversityen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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