Global variation in terrestrial conservation costs, conservation benefits, and unmet conservation needs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1046-1050

  Balmford, Andrew ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Blyth, Simon ^c   James, Alex ^a   Kapos, Val ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND BIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0037417813     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0236945100     Document Type: Article

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