Not exact matches
Until Site C is held up against a comparable
investment in renewables and
conservation, British Columbians won't have a complete picture
of the best
value for our money.
Measuring the
value of natural capital can allow governments and business to redefine
conservation expenditures as «
investments,» said Eli Fenichel, an assistant professor at the Yale School
of Forestry & Environmental Studies and lead author
of the study.
Researchers say that the first study to attempt to gauge global visitation figures for protected areas reveals nature - based tourism has an economic
value of hundreds
of billions
of dollars annually, and call for much greater
investment in the
conservation of protected areas in line with the
values they sustain — both economically and ecologically.