Estimating the Economic Value of Wetlands: Principles, Methods and Limitations

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Date

Dec. 31, 1981

Authors

Leonard Shabman and Sandra Batie

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Journal Article

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1 minute

Authors

Leonard A. Shabman

Senior Fellow

Len Shabman is a Senior Fellow at RFF. His current work balances time spent in research with advisory activities in order to have a direct bearing on the design and execution of water and related resources policy.

Sandra Batie

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