The economics of restoration: Looking back and leaping forward

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1322, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-47

  Blignaut, James ^a   Aronson, James ^b,c   de Wit, Martin ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e De Wit Sustainable Options   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Discounting; Economics of restoration; Ecosystem services; Restoration of natural capital; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMEDICINE; BRAZIL; CAPITAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP SEA; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; HUMAN; LAW; NATURAL SCIENCE; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOLOGY;

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; DISCOUNTING; ECONOMICS OF RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; RESTORATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84901042491     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12451     Document Type: Article

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