Journal of Ecology and Conservation

Conservation Economics

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Economic activity can have a significant detrimental effect on the natural world. The negative repercussions of human activity, from developed infrastructure to wildlife trade and trafficking, are well documented. But as society has grown more conscious of these costs, individuals have made significant efforts to lessen and eliminate them. In the process, they discovered that thriving ecosystems also have significant economic advantages. The costs and rewards of interacting with the natural environment can be better understood through conservation economics.