Valuing Land Conservation in North Carolina
Abstract
Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) works to protect and better North Carolina
Water Resources by funding projects within the state of North Carolina. This masters
project focuses on the benefits of conservation in order to provide CWMTF with information
to aid their conservation funding decisions. A non-market valuation toolkit and on-site
survey were used to estimate dollar values for two North Carolina sites: Ellerbe
Creek Greenway (17 acre Wood Preserve) and Cary Greenway (White Oak Creek Conservation
Project plot 11). Using the data gathered on the characteristics of each site by
the survey and other general research, the toolkit provides an estimate of the economic
value of the sites. These values are compared with each other as well as other research
in the field of valuing conservation. The results indicate that while the sites are
comparable in size, Ellerbe Creek Greenway has a higher economic benefit to the state.
The results also point to the importance of conservation in areas with high population
densities.
Type
Master's projectSubject
North CarolinaLand Conservation
Conservation
Economic Benefit
Valuation
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
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Adair, Charles (2010). Valuing Land Conservation in North Carolina. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/2158.Collections
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