Identifying Conservation Priorities using a Return on Investment Analysis

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 185-198

  Game, Edward T ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Conservation prioritization; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Decision support system; Economics; Ecoregions; Philosophy; Protected areas; ROI; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897931640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00328-2     Document Type: Chapter

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