Economic Development and the Conservation of Large Carnivores
Rasker RR and Hackman AA. 1996. Economic Development and the Conservation of Large Carnivores. Conservation Biology. 10(4):991-1002
"Employment and income trends in counties of NW Montana were also analyzed. It was found that protecting wildland habitat for large carnivores is detrimental to a region's economy although enough counterevidence is presented to suggest an alternative hypothesis: the protection of wilderness habitat that sustains wild carnivores such as grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) and wolves (Canis lupus) does not have a detrimental effect on local or regional economies. Evidence presented suggests that economic growth is stimulated by environmental amenities. Further, use studies in southern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada and the Greater Yellowstone region, in the USA, where environmental protection has been explicitly recognized as an economic development strategy, suggest that environmental protection and economic development are complementary goals. "
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Rasker, R; Hackman, A
- Units
- GRTE , YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Conservation, Economics, Gray Wolf (Canis lupus), Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos), Mammals, Wolves (Canidae)