Pricing Biodiversity

摘要

In this paper, we propose a management price framework to inform decision making directed at the land-manage-ment unit level when biodiversity is one of several land-manage ment objectives. The management prices synthesize information about the production rela-tionships that link the public goods aspects of biodiversity to land-management activities. High management prices indicate high marginal returns to construct a case study for Monroe County, Pennsylvania, to illustrate the concept of biodiversity management prices, to examine inrofmation needs, and to trace out a marginal cost curve for biodiversity.