Economic value of terrestrial and marine biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region: Implications for defining effective and socially optimal conservation strategies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 233-251

  Turpie, Jane K ^a   Heydenrych, Barry J ^b   Lamberth, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Decision making; Ecosystem valuation; Incentives; Natural resource economics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

APOIDEA; CETACEA; FILICOPHYTA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; LOBSTER; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0038400192     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00398-1     Document Type: Article

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