Money for Nothing? A Call for Empirical Evaluation of Biodiversity Conservation Investments
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- 11 April 2006
- journal article
- essay
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 4 (4) , e105
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040105
Abstract
The field of conservation policy must adopt state-of-the-art program evaluation methods to determine what works, and when, if we are to stem the global decline of biodiversity and improve the effectiveness of conservation investments.Keywords
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