Wildlife conservation and environmental economics

Conserving wildlife has been much in the news in early 2014, owing to the rapid growth of wildlife crime since 2000. This is now a problem measured in tens of billions of dollars, with large, organized and violent criminal activity pushing rhinos towards extinction, and losses of African elephants m...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2014-06, Vol.19 (3), p.299-302
Main Author: Hamilton, Kirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Biodiversity
Climate change
Community
Developing countries
Development economics
Economic development
Ecotourism
Environmental economics
Forum
Households
International finance
LDCs
Opportunity costs
Poaching
Predators
Question 3: There is ongoing concern about the extent to which research in environment and development economics makes an impact on real world decisions. What do you see as some ways of maximizing the impact of environment and development economics research on policy decisions?
Tourism
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Conserving wildlife has been much in the news in early 2014, owing to the rapid growth of wildlife crime since 2000. This is now a problem measured in tens of billions of dollars, with large, organized and violent criminal activity pushing rhinos towards extinction, and losses of African elephants measured in the thousands per year. Tigers, lions and other top predators are under severe pressure as well.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X14000229