The value of natural capital in Canada’s national parks and national marine conservation areas

Q1 Environmental Science Parks Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.2305/eknn8645

Dan Mulrooney, Brenda Jones

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Abstract

Growing attention is being given to protected areas and the ability of their natural capital assets to provide a varied and long-term stream of benefits to individuals and society in general. These areas are often heralded for ensuring natural capital assets persist, but value is often limited to the economic impact of visitor expenditures and the associated effects on regional and national economies. Few studies have attempted to quantify the economic value of natural capital assets in protected areas, especially in Canada. This study uses a benefit transfer approach to produce an initial estimate of the potential economic value of ecosystem services and natural capital associated with the terrestrial and marine environments in Canada’s federal system of national parks and national marine conservation areas. The results suggest that the economic value of these assets ranges between CA$ 156 billion and CA$ 588 billion annually.

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加拿大国家公园和国家海洋保护区的自然资本价值

人们越来越关注保护区及其自然资本资产为个人和社会提供各种长期利益的能力。这些地区往往因确保自然资本资产的持续存在而备受赞誉，但其价值往往仅限于游客支出的经济影响以及对地区和国家经济的相关影响。很少有研究尝试量化保护区自然资本资产的经济价值，尤其是在加拿大。本研究采用效益转移方法，对加拿大国家公园和国家海洋保护区联邦系统中与陆地和海洋环境相关的生态系统服务和自然资本的潜在经济价值进行了初步估算。结果表明，这些资产每年的经济价值在 1,560 亿加元到 5,880 亿加元之间。

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Parks Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

0.00%

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： We aim for PARKS to be a rigorous, challenging publication with high academic credibility and standing. But at the same time the journal is and should remain primarily a resource for people actively involved in establishing and managing protected areas, under any management category or governance type. We aim for the majority of papers accepted to include practical management information. We also work hard to include authors who are involved in management but do not usually find the time to report the results of their research and experience to a wider audience. We welcome submissions from people whose written English is imperfect as long as they have interesting research to report, backed up by firm evidence, and are happy to work with authors to develop papers for the journal. PARKS is published with the aim of strengthening international collaboration in protected area development and management by: • promoting understanding of the values and benefits derived from protected areas to governments, communities, visitors, business etc; • ensuring that protected areas fulfil their primary role in nature conservation while addressing critical issues such as ecologically sustainable development, social justice and climate change adaptation and mitigation; • serving as a leading global forum for the exchange of information on issues relating to protected areas, especially learning from case studies of applied ideas; • publishing articles reporting on recent applied research that is relevant to protected area management; • changing and improving protected area management, policy environment and socio-economic benefits through use of information provided in the journal; and • promoting IUCN’s work on protected areas.