Changing abundance of elephants and willingness to pay for their conservation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Bandara, Ranjith ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Contingent valuation; Sri Lanka; Total economic value; Wildlife conservation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

% REDUCTIONS; ASIAN ELEPHANT; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; CURRENT LEVELS; SRI LANKA; TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE SPECIES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSERVATION;

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELEPHANT; FINANCE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SRI LANKA; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 18144420456     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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