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REIMBURSING THE FUTURE:

An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity

PART 2 - Appendices

A report by M.D. Young, N. Gunningham, J. Elix, J. Lambert, B. Howard, P. Grabosky and E. McCrone
Prepared by CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, the Australian Centre for Environmental Law, and Community Solutions
January 1996

Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 9
Biodiversity Unit


Table 3.1.3 Primary factors contributing to the failure of voluntary measures to protect biodiversity


                                                            Response (%)                

                                                General Forum                  Ecotourism   

                                Agriculture   Conservation        Mean          Mean      

Lack of                            42            41              41            37       
knowledge/understanding                                                                 

Failure to benefit the             16            19              17            19       
individual                                                                              

Economic constraints               19            10              15            13       

Local attitudes/values             10            18              14            24       

Other                                                            15             7                                                                             

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