Exploring ecosystem valuation to move towards net positive impact on biodiversity in the mining sector
2011
Anstee, Stuart |
Bishop, Joshua |
Olsen, Nathalie |
This study examines the costs of conservation and the value of benefits associated with biodiversity around the QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project area, with a focus on the Tsitongambarika (TGK) forest complex. The aim is to quantify and value changes in ecosystem services resulting from interventions that deviate from 'business as usual' in TGK, i.e. projected continued deforestation and ecosystem degradation, in favour of some form of forest conservation.