methods. We also describe ways ROI analysis can be extended to a broader suite of conservation outcomes than biodiversity …

biological benefits of protecting biodiversity hotspots in Finnish nonindustrial private forests. We then use these estimates to …

semi-natural pastureland. However, the program may have negative impacts on landscape aesthetics and biodiversity. We … from carbon sequestration and biodiversity seem more constant across space. The net present value of all land use … substantial hypothetical bias in benefit estimates and for cost increases. Results indicate that landscape and biodiversity values …

Natural ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to society, known as “ecosystem services.” Fundamental to the … provision of ecosystem services in a region is its underlying biodiversity, i.e., the wealth and variety of plants, animals, and … microorganisms. Because the benefits from ecosystem services and biodiversity are not valued in market exchanges, private landowners …

significant shift in conservation in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and environs in South Africa. Biodiversity conservation will … environmental stewards. To assess their attitude toward biodiversity conservation, this study used the contingent valuation method … to investigate the values the communities assign to biodiversity conservation under three land tenure arrangements in the …

The destruction of natural habitats has prompted concerns about the loss of biological diversity. Regrettably, however …, there is no consensus among either biologists or economists on the most meaningful measures of biodiversity. Fundamentally …