Investing in biodiversity: An economic perspective on global priority setting

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1219-1243

  Moran, Dominic ^a,b   Pearce, David ^a   Wendelaar, Anouk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Prime Minister's Department   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Option value; Priorities; Socioeconomic indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS INDEX; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PRIORITY; INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT NEED;

EID: 0030846187     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018360924079     Document Type: Article

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