Cost-effectiveness targeting under multiple conservation goals and equity considerations in the Andes

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Narloch, Ulf ^a   Pascual, Unai ^a,b   Drucker, Adam G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Andes; Bolivia; Conservation auction; Cost effectiveness; Crop genetic diversity; Fairness; Payment for environmental services; Peru; Quinoa; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ANDES; BOLIVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FAIRNESS; PERU; QUINOA; TARGETING;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; CROPS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

MAINTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PLANT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EQUITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INCENTIVE; LAND USE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; TRADE-OFF;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; PERU;

CHENOPODIUM QUINOA;

EID: 80755159201     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000397     Document Type: Article

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