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This paper deals with the estimation of the social benefits accuring from the Sultanpur National Park, Haryana. Sultanpur National Park is an important wetland located about 50 km away from Delhi. Both foreign and domestic visitors arrive at the Park for bird watching and recreational purpose. Economic valuation of the Park was done by ascertaining the Willingness to Pay of the visitors by asking questions to them. The results obtained indicated that the social benefits accuring from the Park are far in excess of the maintenance cost of the Park even though the direct benefits to the Park are quite less. It can be said that the society values the Park highly as a place for recreation and as environmental resource.
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References
Dugan, P.J. 1990. Wetland Conservation: A review of current issues and required action. IUCN, Gland (Switzerland): 95.
Edward, B Barbier, Mike Acreman, and Ducan knowler 1997. Economic valuation of Weltands, A Guide for Policy makers and planners, IUCN Publication Unit, Ramsar Convention Bureau Gland, Switzerland.
McAllister, D.E., Hamilton, A.L. and Harvey, B. 1997. Global freshwater biological diversity: Striving for the integrity of freshwater ecosystems. Seawind 11(3): 140.
Mitchell, R. C., and Carson, R. T. 1989. Using Surveys to value Public Goods: The Contingent valuation method. Resources for the future. Baltimore.
National Research Council 1992. Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.: 552 .
Ramachandra, T. V., Rajinikant, R., and Ranjini, V. G. 2005. Economic valuation of wetlands. Journal of Environmental Biology. 26(2): 439-447.
Scodarai, P. F. 1990. Wetlands Protection: The role of Economics. Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC.
WCMC 1992. Global biodiversity. Status of the Earth’s living resources. Chapman and Hall, London (UK): 585.