Economic reasons for conserving wild nature

Andrew Balmford; Aaron Bruner; Philip Cooper; Robert Costanza; Stephen Farber; Rhys E. Green; Martin Jenkins; Paul Jefferiss; Valma Jessamy; Joah Madden; Kat Munro; Norman Myers; Shahid Naeem; Jouni Paavola; Matthew Rayment; Sergio Rosendo; Joan Roughgarden; Kate Trumper; R. Kerry Turner

doi:10.1126/science.1073947

Economic reasons for conserving wild nature

Andrew Balmford, Aaron Bruner, Philip Cooper, Robert Costanza, Stephen Farber, Rhys E. Green, Martin Jenkins, Paul Jefferiss, Valma Jessamy, Joah Madden, Kat Munro, Norman Myers, Shahid Naeem, Jouni Paavola, Matthew Rayment, Sergio Rosendo, Joan Roughgarden, Kate Trumper, R. Kerry Turner

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Abstract

On the eve of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, it is timely to assess progress over the 10 years since its predecessor in Rio de Janeiro. Loss and degradation of remaining natural habitats has continued largely unabated. However, evidence has been accumulating that such systems generate marked economic benefits, which the available data suggest exceed those obtained from continued habitat conversion. We estimate that the overall benefit:cost ratio of an effective global program for the conservation of remaining wild nature is at least 100:1.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	950-953
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	297
Issue number	5583
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1073947
Publication status	Published - 2002

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Balmford, A., Bruner, A., Cooper, P., Costanza, R., Farber, S., Green, R. E., Jenkins, M., Jefferiss, P., Jessamy, V., Madden, J., Munro, K., Myers, N., Naeem, S., Paavola, J., Rayment, M., Rosendo, S., Roughgarden, J., Trumper, K., & Turner, R. K. (2002). Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science, 297(5583), 950-953. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1073947

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