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| Author: | Montgomery, C. A. |
| Title: | Ranking the benefits of biodiversity: an exploration of relative values |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2002 : JUL, VOL. 65:3, p. 313-326 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ANALYTICAL REVIEW |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Public concern about the alarmingly high rate of biodiversity loss has not been matched by public willingness to bear boundless costs to stem the tide of extinction. Because resources for conservation are limited, setting conservation priorities to use those resources effectively is crucial. To do so in a way that addresses people's most pressing concerns about biodiversity loss, managers and policy makers must understand those concerns. This study investigates preferences for an array of benefits associated with biodiversity and wildlife and the relative importance to people of each. A survey was administered to a sample of the US population to explore public preferences for types of benefits often associated with biodiversity: utilitarian, ecological, aesthetic, symbolic, and humanistic. |
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