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| Levrel, Harold; Fontaine, B.; Henry, Pierre-yves; Jiguet, Frederic; Julliard, Romain; Kerbiriou, Christian; Couvet, Denis. |
| According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), states have to provide indicators in order to assess the performance of their initiatives for halting the loss of biodiversity. Sixteen headline indicators have been identified for monitoring the CBD targets. Of these indicators only one, "Trends in the abundance and distribution of selected species," is a direct headline indicator of "non-exploited" biodiversity. In France, the implementation of this indicator is completely dependent on data collected by volunteers. Since this investment of volunteer time is equivalent to savings in administrative costs, we attempt in this paper to assign it a monetary value. This enables us to estimate how much the French administration saves thanks to volunteer... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity monitoring; CBD indicators; Citizen science; Replacement cost. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00006/11694/8614.pdf |
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