The role of cost-effectiveness analysis in conservation decision-making

Dominic Moran; Helen Laycock; Piran C. L. White

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.007

The role of cost-effectiveness analysis in conservation decision-making

Dominic Moran, Helen Laycock, Piran C. L. White

Environment and Geography

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Abstract

Strategies for biodiversity conservation require society to make choices between competing outcomes. However, these choices are complicated by an incomplete understanding of the ecological significance of different species and the lack of robust measures of conservation outcomes in relation to investments. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) provides an objective assessment process that can help us to evaluate the effectiveness of different conservation programmes and adjust them in an adaptive manner to improve the chances of success CEA and other objectively-constructed methods should form an important part of the evidence base for conservation decision-making and evaluation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	826-827
Number of pages	2
Journal	Biological Conservation
Volume	143
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.007
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010

Keywords

Biodiversity conservation
Conservation evaluation
Evidence
Conservation policy
Resource allocation
Society

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