Abstract
AbstractAlthough biodiversity conservation may be viewed by some policy makers or stakeholders as desirable due to potential future benefits, such benefits may not be obvious to those who are most directly utilizing the forest. In some cases, market pressures and government policies drive local people to use forests unsustainably and thus to threaten forest genetic resources. Also, if conservation results in some stakeholders forgoing some immediate benefits that they would otherwise reasonably expect to enjoy, then some form of compensation for their opportunity costs might be necessary. Clearly, the conservation of biodiversity including genetic diversity involves an economic dimension. Thus, an understanding of basic economic principles is essential to any effort in conserving forest genetic resources.
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