Economic value of protected areas via visitor mental health

We evaluate methods to calculate the economic value of protected areas derived from the improved mental health of visitors. A conservative global estimate using quality-adjusted life years, a standard measure in health economics, is US$6 trillion p.a. This is an order of magnitude greater than the g...

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Autores principales: Buckley, Ralf, Brough, Paula, Hague, Leah, Chauvenet, Alienor, Fleming, Chris, Roche, Elisha, Sofija, Ernesta, Harris, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12631-6
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author Buckley, Ralf
Brough, Paula
Hague, Leah
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Fleming, Chris
Roche, Elisha
Sofija, Ernesta
Harris, Neil
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description We evaluate methods to calculate the economic value of protected areas derived from the improved mental health of visitors. A conservative global estimate using quality-adjusted life years, a standard measure in health economics, is US$6 trillion p.a. This is an order of magnitude greater than the global value of protected area tourism, and two to three orders greater than global aggregate protected area management agency budgets. Future research should: refine this estimate using more precise methods; consider interactions between health and conservation policies and budgets at national scales; and examine links between personalities and protected area experiences at individual scale.
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spelling pubmed-68513732019-11-14 Economic value of protected areas via visitor mental health Buckley, Ralf Brough, Paula Hague, Leah Chauvenet, Alienor Fleming, Chris Roche, Elisha Sofija, Ernesta Harris, Neil Nat Commun Perspective We evaluate methods to calculate the economic value of protected areas derived from the improved mental health of visitors. A conservative global estimate using quality-adjusted life years, a standard measure in health economics, is US$6 trillion p.a. This is an order of magnitude greater than the global value of protected area tourism, and two to three orders greater than global aggregate protected area management agency budgets. Future research should: refine this estimate using more precise methods; consider interactions between health and conservation policies and budgets at national scales; and examine links between personalities and protected area experiences at individual scale. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6851373/ /pubmed/31719526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12631-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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