A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation

A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation

The Amazon rainforest, the world's largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide value of preserving the remaining forest is today unknown. A "Delphi" exercise w...

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Main Authors:	Strand, Jon, Carson, Richard T., Navrud, Stale, Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel, Vincent, Jeffrey
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AIR AIR POLLUTION AMAZON BASIN AMAZON FOREST AMAZON RAINFOREST AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST AMPHIBIANS ANIMAL ANIMAL SPECIES ANIMALS BELIEFS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIODIVERSITY BIOMASS BIRDS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON STORAGE CARBON VALUES CATTLE CLIMATE CO COLLABORATION COMPLEXITY CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST ANALYSIS CULTURAL HERITAGE DAMAGES DECISION-MAKING DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES DENSE FOREST DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDANGERED SPECIES ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMISTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES EXISTENCE VALUE EXPLORATION EXTERNALITY EXTINCTION FOREST AREA FOREST COVER FOREST LOSS FOREST LOSSES FOREST PROTECTION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEDONIC PRICING IDEA IDEAS INCOME LEVELS INCOME TAXES ISSUES LAND ECONOMICS LEADING LEARNING LOGS MAMMAL SPECIES MAMMALS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL PARKS NON-USE VALUES OXYGEN PASSIVE USE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLLUTION POPULATION SURVEY POPULATION SURVEYS PP PRACTITIONERS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PURCHASING POWER RAIN RATE OF DEFORESTATION RAW DATA SOCIAL COSTS SPECIES OF PLANTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SURVEY INSTRUMENT THINKING TIMBER TIMBER EXTRACTION TREES TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS TROPICAL RAINFORESTS VARIETY WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23072549/delphi-exercise-tool-amazon-rainforest-valuation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21139

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23072549/delphi-exercise-tool-amazon-rainforest-valuation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21139

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