@article{Blamey:123772,
      recid = {123772},
      author = {Blamey, Russell K. and Rolfe, John and Bennett, Jeffrey W.  and Morrison, Mark},
      title = {Valuing Remnant Vegetation Using Choice Modelling: An  Application to the Desert Uplands of Central Queensland.},
      address = {1999-01},
      number = {410-2016-25624},
      pages = {15},
      year = {1999},
      abstract = {The Desert Uplands is a biogeographic region in  central-western Queensland that lies within
the rangelands  area of Australia. In the region, many pastoralists are  clearing the scrub and
woodland vegetation in order to  improve production for cattle grazing. Only  limited
production gains are possible because of the low  rainfall and infertile soils relative to many
other areas  of Queensland. To assess whether such developments are  economic and desirable,
a first step is to value the  environmental implications of alternate management regimes.  A
stated preference choice modelling study was undertaken  to provide estimates of these values.
Attributes included  in the choice model pertain to reductions in the population  size of nonthreatened
species, the number of endangered  species lost to the region, and changes in
regional income  and employment. A nested logit model was used to model the  data. Results
indicate, inter alia, that the loss of one  endangered species to the Desert Uplands region is
valued  similarly to three jobs lost. The welfare implications of  several different policy
options regarding levels of tree  retention are estimated.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123772},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.123772},
}