dc.contributor.author | Buckley, Ralf | |
dc.contributor.editor | Philip Ingamells, Michael Howes, Matt Ruchel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T15:13:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T15:13:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-03-20T02:05:26Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 13244361 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/43625 | |
dc.description.abstract | Can we still ‘afford’ wilderness? And if so, should we aim to use it ‘sustainably’? The straight answers are: yes, and no. But the terminology is misleading.
The total cash cost to buy all the world’s remaining areas of high biological diversity at cur-rent local land prices is estimated at $20 billion per year for ten years. This is less than annual US expenditure on soft drinks. So yes, the world can afford it.
We rely on relatively undisturbed natural ecosystems to clean the dirty air and water which emanate endlessly from our cities. Wilderness areas, especially oceans and tropical grasslands and forests, also absorb atmospheric carbon to mitigate human-induced climate change. | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 112324 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Victorian National Parks Association | |
dc.publisher.place | Melbourne | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://vnpa.org.au/publication-category/parkwatch/ | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 12 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 13 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Park Watch | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 245 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Impacts of Tourism | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Environmental Management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 150601 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 050205 | |
dc.title | In wilderness is the preservation of the world | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C2 - Articles (Other) | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2011 Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA). The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2011 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Buckley, Ralf | |