2014-02-03, 15:45
To calculate long-term conservation pay off, factor in people
Paying people to protect their natural environment is a popular conservation tool around the world -– but figure out that return on investment, for both people and nature, is a thorny problem, especially since such efforts typically stretch on for years. Reseachers have developed a new way to evaluate and model the long-term effectiveness of conservation investments.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...130803.htm
Paying people to protect their natural environment is a popular conservation tool around the world -– but figure out that return on investment, for both people and nature, is a thorny problem, especially since such efforts typically stretch on for years. Reseachers have developed a new way to evaluate and model the long-term effectiveness of conservation investments.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...130803.htm