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Summary
Economics of Protected Areas is a groundbreaking effort to help governments examine the costs and benefits of maintaining protected areas. The authors provide a methodology for assigning monetary values to nature and explain the economic techniques involved. They also show how officials have applied these principles worldwide.
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This excellent book addresses a wide spectrum of designated areas: strictly controlled scientific/nature reserves, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and multiple-use areas. Dixon and Sherman (both economists with a considerable background in environmental and resource management) use a cost-benefit approach. Benefits include tourism, sustainable harvest, biodiversity, air/water quality, and aesthetic/cultural values. Three types of costs are discussed: direct (related to establishment and management of areas), indirect (adverse impacts, including damage to property or injury to people by wildlife), and opportunity costs (representing the loss of potential benefits associated with restricting use of an area). Protected areas in Thailand and three national parks are used as case studies. Although acknowledging the political dimension of choices involving natural areas, the authors show how economic analysis can be used to help improve the decision-making process. Scholarly and unsentimental, the book is not for casual readers; but a thorough glossary makes it accessible to those without a formal background in economics. Recommended strongly for conservationists, geographers, international development agencies, and administrators of protected areas. Advanced undergraduates and up. D. W. Larson University of Regina
