Conserving tropical biodiversity via market forces and spatial targeting

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7408-7413

  Bateman, Ian J ^a   Coombes, Emma ^a   Fitzherbert, Emily ^a,b   Binner, Amy ^a   Bad'ura, Tomáš ^a   Carbone, Chris ^b   Fisher, Brendan ^c   Naidoo, Robin ^d   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Economics; Oil palm; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF REPRODUCTION; ELAEIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT USE; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATIDAE; HYLOBATRES AGILIS; HYSTRIX BRACHYURAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LAND USE; LUTROGALE PERSPICILLATA; MACACA; MACACA GASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MANIS JAVANICA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OTTER; PALM OIL PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; PORCUPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS; TROPICS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INDONESIA; MAMMAL; PROCEDURES; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ELAEIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDONESIA; MAMMALS; PLANT OILS; PRIVATE SECTOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84935853310     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406484112     Document Type: Article

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