They studied conservation values like wilderness protection and restoration processes as well as a number of variables, including how much human modification the land has experienced, how important the land is as a natural linkage between protected areas, how well the land's ecosystems are represented within existing protected areas, and whether a place is rich in rare and endemic species.
Not exact matches
When analyzing water, for instance, according to
Conservation International, researchers
studied the
value of the crops dependent on water for irrigation, as well as the
value of the energy water generates through hydroelectric dams, among other factors.
Nevertheless, the
study casts serious doubt on the
value of hatcheries for
conservation, he says: «It's been going on for more than a century in the U.S., and just now has there been a push to find out if supplementation has been beneficial.»
The Animal Behavior, Ecology and
Conservation Program at Canisius (ABEC) combines the rigorous scientific
study of Animal Behavior with a
values - focused curriculum in the liberal arts tradition.
The vulnerability and
conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef — regarded as climate change refuges — has been highlighted in a new
study.
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.
«This paper will cause a stir as it really is the first to scientifically illustrate the
value of fencing for the
conservation of a large predator,» predicts Matt Hayward, a wildlife ecologist with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy in New South Wales, who was not involved in the
study.
These assessments offer evidence that on - the - ground
studies bringing together biophysical forest observations with socioeconomic factors offer a deeper understanding of the
value of tropical forest
conservation programs, Aguilar said.
Although secondary forests do have
value for
conservation, the
study suggests that primary forests are necessary as sources of biodiversity and as a refuge for species that can colonize other sites that are being restored.
But if the end result —
conservation — is the same, it matters not whether in the short term we say we are conserving this field of fritillary because it has intrinsic
value, or because class 2C would like to
study it for their next science project.
Using current
conservation program and environmental market
value, these beneficial environmental outcomes in the
study area are
valued at a mere $ 3 million, which is much lower than the $ 30 million opportunity cost to farmers for switching their land to perennial production.
Invited lecturer on July 16: «Case
Studies from Africa: The
Value of the «One Health» Entry Point for Facilitating
Conservation and Development,» as part of the «One World, One Health, One Medicine: Emerging Global Animal Health Threats» panel.
«Inherent Vice: a Curatorial Case
Study,» The First Crack:
Conservation and
Value in Contemporary Art.Contemporary
Conservation and School of Visual Arts (SVA), April 29, 2015.
This
study report under the coordination of
Conservation International (CI - Brazil), recommends that companies should understand and incorporate into their decision making process, the economic
value of biodiversity and ecosystems services...
Indigenous
studies scholars assertively emplace Indigenous
values, cosmologies, and frameworks as critical to
conservation, natural resource management, and desired futures.
Taking into account all the different co-benefits of the project — improved health, firewood savings, forest
conservation and job creation — the
study concludes that the monetary
value of project co-benefits is worth $ 8.6 million USD per year.
Finally, the
study takes a look at the monetary
value of the
conservation of native forests and the creation of new jobs.
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.
«These new findings suggest that in order for small forest patches or narrow corridors to be of long - term
conservation value in oil palm landscapes, their sizes and widths need to adequately account for the considerable influence of edge effects,» Benoît Goossens, director of the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, who was involved in the
study, said in a statement.