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:	ABOVEGROUND FOREST BIOMASS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AEROSOLS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL USES AIR AMAZON DEFORESTATION AMAZON FOREST AMAZON RAINFOREST ANIMAL ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON EMISSIONS ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION ATLANTIC FOREST ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ATMOSPHERIC WATER BASES BATS BEAR BEES BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIOMASS BURNING BIOSPHERE BRAZILIAN AMAZON BUFFER AREAS BUFFER ZONES BUSH MEAT CARBON CARBON BIOMASS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON POLICY CARBON RELEASE CARBON STOCK CARBON STOCKS CARBON SUPPLY CARBON VALUES CATTLE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATOLOGY CLOUDS CO CO2 COASTAL ZONES COMMERCIAL FISHERIES COMMERCIAL FISHING COMMERCIAL USES CONSERVATION AREAS CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS CONSERVATIONISTS CONTINGENT VALUATION DEFORESTATION RATES DEFORESTATION SCENARIOS DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC VALUE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS IMPACTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDEMIC SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EQUILIBRIUM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXOTIC SPECIES EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES EXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES FERTILIZATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FIXED COSTS FLAMMABILITY FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST BIOME FOREST CARBON FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST DIEBACK FOREST DISTURBANCE FOREST DWELLERS FOREST ECOLOGY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGES FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST FLOOR FOREST FRAGMENTATION FOREST FRAGMENTS FOREST LAND FOREST LOSS FOREST LOSSES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RECOVERY FOREST RESTORATION FOREST USE FOREST VALUATION FORESTRY FORESTRY SYSTEMS FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS FUELS GCM GENETIC GENETIC MATERIAL GENETIC RESOURCE GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE GHGS GLOBAL CARBON BALANCE GLOBAL DEFORESTATION GLOBAL FOREST GLOBAL WARMING GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS ABSORPTION HUMIDITY HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS IPCC IRON ISSUES LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USES LOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS LOGGING LOSS OF FOREST LOW-CARBON MAGNESIUM MARKET PRICES MIGRATION NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-USE VALUES OIL OILS OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTION VALUE ORGANIC MATTER PALM PASTURE PASTURES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHARMACEUTICALS PHYSICS PLANT POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLINATION POLLINATORS PP PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE INFORMATION PRODUCTION COSTS PROPERTY RIGHTS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFOREST COVER RAINFORESTS REDUCING EMISSIONS RELATIVE VALUE RESERVES RIVER BASINS SAVANNA SINK SMOKE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SPATIAL PATTERNS SPECIES CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE LOGGING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS TIMBER TIMBER EXTRACTION TIMBER FOREST TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT EXTRACTION TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER HARVESTING TIMBER MANAGEMENT TIMBER PRICES TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER PRODUCTS TOURISM TOURIST ATTRACTIONS TREE TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICS UNEP USE VALUE VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WILDLIFE WILLINGNESS TO PAY evaluation methods
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