Valuation of the cost of a weed incursion in a natural environment: a simulation approach

Title
Valuation of the cost of a weed incursion in a natural environment: a simulation approach
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Hester, Susan
Sinden, Jack Alfred
Cacho, Oscar Jose
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1542-4442
Email: ocacho@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ocacho
Editor
Editor(s): BM Sindel and SB Johnson
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Weed Society of New South Wales
Place of publication
Wahroonga, Australia
UNE publication id
une:11744
Abstract
The damage that weeds inflict on natural ecosystems over time reduces the flow of services from these areas, thus reducing the flow of benefits to society. A simulation model of a natural ecosystem is a useful tool to analyse the effects of an alien plant invasion over time. Such an approach is developed here to apply the theory of production economics to value the damage through a dynamic bioeconomic model. The approach integrates the principles of benefit-cost analysis to value the costs of the incursion and the benefits of control.
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Citation
14th Australian Weeds Conference Papers and Proceedings: Weed Management - Balancing People, Planet, Profit, p. 572-575
ISBN
0975248812
0975248804
Start page
572
End page
575

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