Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
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The Economic Value of Wildlife in Alberta: A Database and Analysis of Benefit and Expenditure Estimates
Download1996
Phillips, William E., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Rush, Bonnie C.
The \"Wildlife Valuation Database\" is composed of 53 individual studies, providing 181 wildlife and reacreation benefit estimates. The database can be run on an IBM computer with Microsoft Windows 3.1. The format of the database is in the following form; (a) ID number, (b) focus of study (for...
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1995
Boulter, D., Booth, D., Phillips, William E., Clark, K., Beck, Jim
Information on growth and yield of Canada's forests tends to be anecdotal, site specific, difficult to compile, and unsuitable for general aggregations across species and to provincial and ecological region-wide levels. Yet aggregated information on growth and yield is necessary for estimating...
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A Delphi Study of Growth and Yield in Canada's Forests: Project Report 95-03 -- Technical Appendix: Questionnaires and Results by Region
Download1995
Phillips, William E., Clark, K., Beck, Jim, Booth, D., Boulter, D.
Information on growth and yield of Canada's forests tends to be anecdotal, site specific, difficult to compile, and unsuitable for general aggregations across species and to provincial and ecological region-wide levels. Yet aggregated information on growth and yield is necessary for estimating...
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1993
Boxall, Peter C., Phillips, William E., Tanguay, Mark, Adamowicz, Wiktor, White, William
Maintaining the abundance of wildlife and the preservation of endangered species are serious concerns to the people of Saskatchewan. In the 1991 survey \"Importance of Wildlife to Canadians\" over 80% of Saskatchewan respondents stated that these two issues are important. This same survey also...
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A Socio-Economic Evaluation of Recreational Whitetail Deer and Moose Hunting in Northwestern Saskatchewan
Download1993
Phillips, William E., Morton, Karen, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C., White, William
Hunting is an important recreational activity in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management estimates there were approximately 102 028 big game hunting licenses purchased for the 1992/93 hunting season, with over 95 612 participants. The big game species include Whitetail...
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1993
Luckert, Martin K., Phillips, William E., Salkie, Fiona J.
There are approximately 37 million acres (15 million hectares) of productive, non-reserved forest land in Saskatchewan of which 2.6%, or 961 000 acres (389 000 hectares), is privately owned. It is estimated that this private forest land is owned by 15 000 landowners (Forestry Canada, 1988)....
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1993
Akabua, Kojo M., Bauer, Leonard, Phillips, William E.
The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of Alberta farmland relative to investment opportunities from financial securities. It is an extension of an earlier study undertaken by Mercier (1988) and Philllips et al. (1989). This study re-examines the period from 1964 to 1985, and...