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The economics of biodiversity conservation: valuation in tropical forest ecosystems [1]

Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest "hotspots", which house the vast majority of the planet's plant and animal species. This groundbreaking work is the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the economics of environmental valuation and biodiversity conservation to date. Focusing on the Western Ghats of India, one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world, this volume looks at a cross-section of local communities living within or near sanctuaries and reserve forests such as coffee growers, indigenous people and farmers-pastoralists to assess the use and non-use values that people derive from tropical forests.

Publication Date: 
Sunday, December 31, 2006
K N Ninan [2], S Jyothis [3], P Babu & et al [4]
Earthscan Publications [5]
Tags:
Environment [6], Western Ghats [7], Agriculture [8], Coffee [9], Livestock [10], Forest Resources [11], Tropical Forests [12], Forest Products [13], Tribals [14], Wildlife [15], Nagarahole NP [16], Biodiversity [17], Kodagu [18], Uttar Kannad [19], Land Use [20]

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[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-kannad
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