Estimating the opportunity costs of environmental conservation in the Feijão River watershed (São Carlos-SP, Brazil)

Abstract The objective of this study was to infer the opportunity cost of land use of the Feijão River watershed (São Carlos-SP, Brazil), in order to estimate the financial resources necessary to compensate landowners willing to convert their production areas into areas of environmental preservation...

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Main Authors: F. H. Machado, A. P. Mattedi, F. A. Dupas, L. F. Silva, F. E. Vergara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842016000100028&lng=en&tlng=en