Datasets / BANKING ON NATURE 2006: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation


BANKING ON NATURE 2006: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

This report focuses on final demand, employment, income and tax revenue effects recreational visitors to refuges have on the economies of local regions. In addition to the economic effect of refuge hunting and fishing programs in local communities, it measure the economic impact of ecotourism, the relatively recent phenomenon of large numbers of people traveling substantial distances to take part in nonconsumptive uses of the natural environment.