Public concern about the alarmingly high rate of biodiversity loss has not been matched by
public willingness to bear boundless costs to stem the tide of extinction. Because resources …

Policy makers have responded to concerns over declining levels of biodiversity by
introducing a range of policy measures including agri-environment and wildlife management …

Narrowly, this paper is about determining what explains the species-by-species protection
and spending decisions of certain relevant US federal and state government organizations …

Environmental crises, such as wildfires, can cause major losses of human life, infrastructure,
biodiversity, and cultural values. In many such situations, incident controllers must make …

Ecosystem service analysis aims to expand the accounting of human values for nature, yet
frequently ignores or obfuscates a category of human values with potentially large …

Biodiversity valuation studies often address the willingness to pay (WTP) for species
survival. Many policy initiatives, however, target more generally the population levels of …

Given that funds for biodiversity conservation are limited, there is a need to understand
people's preferences for its different components. To date, such preferences have largely …

Non-market valuation research has produced value estimates for over forty threatened and
endangered (T&E) species, including mammals, fish, birds, and crustaceans. Increasingly …

This study uses a choice experiment framework to estimate Oregonians' willingness to pay
(WTP) for changes in levels of biodiversity protection under different conservation programs …

One of the most difficult issues in placing an economic value on biodiversity is determining
what exactly the object of value is. We make a distinction between biological resources and …