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Trade-off analysis for marine protected area management

The benefits and costs of riparian analysis habitat preservation: a willingness to accept/willingness to pay contingent valuation approach

Assessing the success of agri-environmental policy in the UK

Resource managers are involved in difficult decisions that affect rare species and habitats but often lack relevant ecological knowledge and experience. Ecological models are increasingly being looked to as a means of assisting the decision-making process, but very often the data are missing or are unsuited to empirical modelling. This paper describes the development and application of the Delphi approach to develop a decision support tool for wildlife conservation and management. The Delphi process is an expert-based approach to decision support that can be used as a means for predicting outcomes in situations where 'absolute' or 'objective' models are unavailable or compromised by lack of appropriate data. The method aims to develop consensus between experts over several rounds of deliberation on the assumption that combining the expertise of several individuals will provide more reliable results than consulting one or two individuals. In this paper the approach is used to engineer soft knowledge on the conservation requirements of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, an endangered woodland grouse, into a model that can be used by forests managers to improve the quality of forest habitat for capercaillie over extensive commercial forest areas. This paper concludes with a discussion of the potential advantages and disadvantages of Delphi and other soft knowledge approaches to ecological modelling and conservation management.

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The Delphi process - an expert-based approach to ecological modelling in data-poor environments

A review on cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures related to the EU WFD: Key issues, methods, and applications

Cost-effectiveness analysis of woodland ecosystem restoration

The majority of garbage that is dumped into the environment is the consequence of industrial activity, and this waste contains toxic and dangerous substances that have properties. Untreated industrial effluents have repeatedly affected the environment and human health. Additionally, the aim of this review is to determine if water treatment conforms to DWAF and USEPA criteria and to evaluate specific wastewater treatment facilities. Additionally, the effluent from companies was assessed after being collected utilizing composite sampling methods. The findings recognized pH, rivers, and industrial activities. This is a warning sign that the water is unsafe, demonstrating that industrial effluents are contributing to a reduction in river water quality. Receiving water near numerous food-processing facilities showed significant reductions after effluent discharge. As a result, when developing mitigation strategies, governments should consider this. Some of these strategies are enforcing the pollution laws that are already in place; setting up treatment facilities; turning industrial waste into biogas; educating the public; starting programs; and passing laws.

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Ruth Morrison

Papers

Cost-effectiveness analysis of woodland ecosystem restoration

Physicochemical properties of wastewater effluents from selected wastewater treatment plants