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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okr-10986-211392021-04-23T14:04:01Z A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation Strand, Jon Carson, Richard T. Navrud, Stale Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel Vincent, Jeffrey 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 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 was conducted involving more than 200 environmental valuation experts from 36 countries, who were asked to predict the outcome of a survey to elicit willingness to pay for Amazon forest preservation among their own countries' populations. Expert judgments of average willingness-to-pay levels, per household per year, to fund a plan to protect all of the current Amazon rainforest up to 2050, range from $4 to $36 in 12 Asian countries, to near $100 in Canada, Germany, and Norway, with other high-income countries in between. Somewhat lower willingness-to-pay values were found for a less strict plan that allows a 12 percent further rainforest area reduction. The elasticity of experts' willingness-to-pay assessments with respect to own-country per capita income is slightly below but not significantly different from unity when results are pooled across countries and income is adjusted for purchasing power parity. 2015-01-07T21:36:13Z 2015-01-07T21:36:13Z 2014-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23072549/delphi-exercise-tool-amazon-rainforest-valuation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21139 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7143 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Brazil |
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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 |
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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 was conducted involving more
than 200 environmental valuation experts from 36 countries,
who were asked to predict the outcome of a survey to elicit
willingness to pay for Amazon forest preservation among
their own countries' populations. Expert judgments of
average willingness-to-pay levels, per household per year,
to fund a plan to protect all of the current Amazon
rainforest up to 2050, range from $4 to $36 in 12 Asian
countries, to near $100 in Canada, Germany, and Norway, with
other high-income countries in between. Somewhat lower
willingness-to-pay values were found for a less strict plan
that allows a 12 percent further rainforest area reduction.
The elasticity of experts' willingness-to-pay
assessments with respect to own-country per capita income is
slightly below but not significantly different from unity
when results are pooled across countries and income is
adjusted for purchasing power parity. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Strand, Jon Carson, Richard T. Navrud, Stale Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel Vincent, Jeffrey |
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Strand, Jon Carson, Richard T. Navrud, Stale Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel Vincent, Jeffrey |
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Strand, Jon |
| title |
A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation |
| title_short |
A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation |
| title_full |
A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation |
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A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation |
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A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation |
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"delphi exercise" as a tool in amazon rainforest valuation |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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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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