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Money for Nothing? A Call for Empirical Evaluation of Biodiversity Conservation Investments
PLoS Biology · 2006 · Vol. 4(4) · pp. e105–e105
Paul J. Ferraro✉(Georgia State University)Subhrendu K. Pattanayak(Zoological Society of London)
Abstract
The field of conservation policy must adopt state-of-the-art program evaluation methods to determine what works, and when, if we are to stem the global decline of biodiversity and improve the effectiveness of conservation investments.
Economic and Environmental ValuationConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementWater resources management and optimizationBiologyBiodiversityConservation scienceNothingEnvironmental resource managementBiodiversity conservationNatural resource economicsEcologyEconomics
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AnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesHumansInvestmentsProgram EvaluationEmpirical ResearchBiodiversity
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