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| Author: | Turpie, J.K. |
| Title: | The existence value of biodiversity in South Africa: how interest, experience, knowledge, income and perceived level of threat influence local willingness to pay |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
2003 : SEP, VOL. 46:2, p. 199-216 |
| Index terms: | Biodiversity Climate Contingent valuation Environmental protection South Africa |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | South Africa is rich in biological diversity, but measures to conserve this heritage are under-funded and are of relatively low priority at national level. Part of the problem is that the social value of biodiversity is unknown, and thus the potential impact of a loss biodiversity on social wellbeing is not recognised. This study investigates the public interest, experience and knowledge of biodiversity and uses contingent valuation methods to estimate its existence value, with emphasis on the internationally significant fynbos biome in the Western Cape. |
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