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Economics of Wetland Restoration and Creation

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As the overall aim of wetland restoration, enhancement, and creation is to recover valuable ecosystem goods and services, assessing these benefits is vital. In addition, as wetland restoration and creation are not “costless” activities, they must be assessed in terms of their cost effectiveness and their impacts on different stakeholders. Evaluating these various benefits and costs, as well as the distribution of their impacts, is critical in determining the success or failure of wetland restoration and creation of policies and investments.

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  1. Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, College of Business, 1000 E University Ave, 82071, Laramie, WY, USA

    Edward Barbier

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. International Water Security Network, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Mark Everard

  3. UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

    Kenneth Irvine

  4. RM Wetlands and Environment Ltd., Littleworth, Oxfordshire, UK

    Robert J. McInnes

  5. U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA

    Beth A. Middleton

  6. Aquatic Ecosystems Group, Department of Water Science and Engineering, UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

    Anne A. van Dam

  7. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Barbier, E. (2018). Economics of Wetland Restoration and Creation. In: Finlayson, C.M., et al. The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9659-3_326

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