Who should pay for tropical conservation, and how could the costs be met?

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-250

  Balmford, Andrew ^a   Whitten, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation costs; Ecological services; Funding gap; Opportunity costs; Option values; Tropical conservation

Indexed keywords

COST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0242438661     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000413     Document Type: Article

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