How Much is the Amazon Worth? The State of Knowledge Concerning the Value of Preserving Amazon Rainforests

This paper surveys the current state of knowledge concerning the value of the Amazon rainforest, including a survey of work to date to quantify changes in economic values when the rainforest cover changes. The focus is on local and regional impacts...

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Main Authors: May, Peter H., Silveira Soares-Filho, Soares-Filho, Strand, Jon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
CO
CO2
GCM
OIL
PP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18420593/much-amazon-worth-state-knowledge-concerning-value-preserving-amazon-rainforests
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16883