A Resource Allocation Model for Tiger Habitat Protection

Habitat conservation is critical to the survival of endangered tigers. This paper develops a resource-allocation model for the protection of tiger habitats, using information on threats to particular tiger subspecies, the quality of remaining habitat areas, the observed effectiveness of habitat protection by country, and the potential costs of protection projects i

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Hammer, Dan, Kraft, Robin, Wheeler, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:ALLOCATION DECISIONS, ALTERNATIVE USES, BENGAL TIGERS, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, CAT, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION, CONSERVANCY, CONSERVATION BENEFITS, CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATION PROJECT, DETERMINANTS, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, EXTINCTION, FOREST, FOREST AREA, FOREST CLEARING, FOREST COVER, FOREST MONITORING, FRAGMENTATION, GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, GEOGRAPHIC RANGES, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, HABITAT AREAS, HABITAT CONSERVATION, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, HABITAT DIVERSITY, HABITAT LOSS, HABITAT PROTECTION, HABITAT QUALITY, HABITAT SIZE, HUMID TROPICAL FOREST, ILLEGAL TRADE, ISSUES, LANDSCAPE, LOCAL CONSERVATION, NATURAL FOREST, NORTHERN FOREST, OPEN ACCESS, PLAINS, POACHING, PREDATOR, PREFERENCES, PRIORITIES, PROTECTED AREAS, RED LIST, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION, THREATENED SPECIES, THREATS TO TIGER, TIGER, TIGER HABITAT, TIGER HABITATS, TIGER POPULATION, TIGER POPULATIONS, TIGER RANGE, TIGER RANGE COUNTRIES, TIGER SUBSPECIES, TIGERS, TRADE IN TIGER PARTS, TREE, UPLAND AREAS, VEGETATION, WILD TIGER, WILD TIGER POPULATIONS, WILD TIGERS, WILLINGNESS TO PAY,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17894831/resource-allocation-model-tiger-habitat-protection
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15853
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Summary:Habitat conservation is critical to the survival of endangered tigers. This paper develops a resource-allocation model for the protection of tiger habitats, using information on threats to particular tiger subspecies, the quality of remaining habitat areas, the observed effectiveness of habitat protection by country, and the potential costs of protection projects i