The contribution of Canadian wetlands to trapping and the fur industry in Canada. W. Cowan
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TextPublication details: 1982Online resources: Abstract: This paper was a component of a larger program to identify the current state of knowledge and determine economic values of wetlands to society.Its specific objectives were to define the extent to which the total economic benefits of wetlands to trapping and the fur industry in Canada could be assessed from the literature and what further action may be necessary to derive those benefits. It was possible to determine satisfactory estimates for trapping, or the primary level, and the secondary level of the fur industry. The wetland benefit to Canadian society was about $120 million; to the fur industry, $52 million and to Canada's 61,500 trappers, $67 million. Wetlands generated an income of $33 million to 3,500 fur industry and related service employees, and a contribution to the balance of trade of $32 million.
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This paper was a component of a larger program to identify the current state of knowledge and determine economic values of wetlands to society.Its specific objectives were to define the extent to which the total economic benefits of wetlands to trapping and the fur industry in Canada could be assessed from the literature and what further action may be necessary to derive those benefits. It was possible to determine satisfactory estimates for trapping, or the primary level, and the secondary level of the fur industry. The wetland benefit to Canadian society was about $120 million; to the fur industry, $52 million and to Canada's 61,500 trappers, $67 million. Wetlands generated an income of $33 million to 3,500 fur industry and related service employees, and a contribution to the balance of trade of $32 million.