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. 2006 Apr;4(4):e105.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040105. Epub 2006 Apr 11.

Money for nothing? A call for empirical evaluation of biodiversity conservation investments

Paul J Ferraro  1 , Subhrendu K Pattanayak
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Money for nothing? A call for empirical evaluation of biodiversity conservation investments

Paul J Ferraro et al. PLoS Biol. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

The field of conservation policy must adopt state-of-the-art program evaluation methods to determine what works, and when, if we are to stem the global decline of biodiversity and improve the effectiveness of conservation investments.

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