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PubTalk 11/2002 — What is a Butterfly Worth?

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Challenge of Making Economic Estimates for Biodiversity

by Alicia Torregrosa, Geographer and Ecologist

 

  • How can we best strike a balance between vineyard development and wildlife in the Napa Valley?
  • Geographic Information System (GIS) facilitates comparing the "apples and oranges" of endangered species and the value of real estate
  • Linking GIS layers and models gives them added meaning and value
  • Such data layers are part of biodiversity software being developed by NatureServe
  • This software will help decisionmakers evaluate alternative land-use choices

 

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00:46:45

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