Conservation Economics Valuation Publications

Defenders identifies and estimates economic values associated with biodiversity and habitat conservation through many projects. This valuation element also includes determining the benefits associated with maintaining ecosystem services, including wildlife services.

Frank Casey, Kristen Bowden, Laurie Macdonald and Timm Kroeger. 2008. A Preliminary Assessment of the Economic Benefits of Land Conservation in Florida. Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC

Kroeger, Timm and Paula Manolo. 2007. Economic Benefits Provided by Natural Lands: Case Study of California's Mojave Desert. Report prepared for the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation. Washington, D.C. Defenders of Wildlife. July 2007. 109 pp.

Kroeger, Timm, and Frank Casey. 2007. An assessment of market-based approaches to providing ecosystem services on agricultural lands. Ecological Economics 64(2):321-332.
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Yuskavitch, Jim. 2007. Conservation Pays: How Protecting Endangered Species Makes Good Business Sense. Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC.

Haney, J. Christopher, Gina Schrader, Timm Kroeger, Suzanne Stone, Frank Casey, and A. Quarforth. 2007. Wilderness discount on livestock compensation costs for imperiled gray wolf Canis lupus. (A. Watson, L. Dean, and J. Sproull, Eds.). Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: 8th World Wilderness Congress symposium. Proc. RMRS-P-000, Fort Collins, CO. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (forthcoming).

Grossman, Elizabeth, and Laura Watchman. 2006. Assessing the Wealth of Nature: Using Economic Studies to Promote Land Conservation Instead of Sprawl. Produced in collaboration with Resources for the Future and Island Press. Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC.

Kroeger, Timm, and Frank Casey. 2006. Economic impacts of designating critical habitat under the U.S. Endangered Species Act: Case study of the Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis). Human Dimensions of Wildlife 11(6):437-453.

Kroeger, Timm, and Paula Manalo. 2006. A review of the economic benefits of species and habitat conservation. Report prepared for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Washington, DC: Conservation Economics Program, Defenders of Wildlife. July 26, 2006. 97 pp

Kroeger, Timm. 2005. Economic benefits of reintroducing the River otter (Lontra Canadensis) into rivers in New Mexico. Report prepared for Amigos Bravos. February 2005. 32pp.

Kroeger, Timm. 2005. The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Four Counties in Northeastern Florida. Companion report to Kiker, C. and A. Hodges (2002), Economic Benefits of Natural Land Conservation: Case Study of Northeastern Florida. Conservation Economics Working Paper # 2. Conservation Economics Program, Defenders of Wildlife. Washington, DC. January 2005. 13pp.

Kroeger, Timm, Frank Casey, and Chris Haney. 2005. Reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) into the Southwestern United States: An economic perspective. Paper presented at the International Wolf Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1-4 Oct. 2005.

Loomis, John B. 2005. Economic benefits of expanding California’s Southern sea otter population. Report prepared for Defenders of Wildlife. December 2005. 36 pp. (Published also in peer-reviewed form: Loomis, John B. 2006. Estimating recreation and existence values of sea otter expansion in California using benefit transfer. Coastal Management 34(4):387-404.)

Kroeger, Timm. 2004. Economic Impact Assessment of Designating Critical Habitat for the Lynx (Lynx Canadensis). Prepared for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Washington, DC: Defenders of Wildlife. 293 pp. June 21, 2004 (Revised January 2005).