Valuing species diversity based on bio-prospecting
Received date: 2017-04-07
Request revised date: 2018-01-23
Online published: 2018-05-02
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Bio-prospecting is the search for valuable products such as pharmaceuticals in biological organisms and is one of the main approaches to capture the value of species biodiversity. Theoretically, private-sector bio-prospecting effort can reveal the potential value of species biodiversity conservation or its optional value. This approach provides a unique way to understand the Willingness-To-Pay of human society for conserving genetic resources. Here, we improve model setting and parameters in existing literature to explore and establish a theoretical model of assessing the potential value (option value) of genetic resources, and estimating the genetic value of species diversity of higher plants in China by numerical simulation. Results show that the option value of higher plants in China is relatively high. The marginal option value of species is 35. 31 million CNY, and the potential total value of higher plants in China is about 1. 18 trillion CNY. As designation of nature reserves is the major approach to protect higher plants in China, we took Wuyishan National Nature Reserve as a case, turned the species value into the value of marginal area of land in conservation, and found that the marginal land value of the case nature reserve is 6444 CNY/hm2. The theoretical model and parameters on option value assessment developed in this study provide an innovative supplement to existing methods and approaches for genetic resource valuation in China. Results from numerical simulation provide an important price reference for guiding conservation investment, promoting the effective protection and utilization of biological resources, and integrating the future potential value of genetic resources into conservation policy decision-making.
Key words: species diversity; genetic resources; option value: bio-prospecting; China; Wuyishan
WU Jian , QIU Xiaoxia . Valuing species diversity based on bio-prospecting[J]. Resources Science, 2018 , 40(4) : 829 -837 . DOI: 10.18402/resci.2018.04.16
Table 1 Parameter estimates for Evaluation表1 主要估值参数赋值 |
| 名录 | 变量 | 赋值 |
|---|---|---|
| 中国高等植物特有种数量/个 | n | 17 439.00 |
| 每种新药的总收益/万元 | R | 157 504.39 |
| 单个物种成功概率 | p | 0.000 068 |
| 单个物种测试成本/元 | c | 17 046.00 |
| 每年新批准的新药数量/个 | m | 42.50 |
| 贴现率/% | r | 5.00 |
| 每年被识别出来的源于遗传资源的潜在新药数量 | λ | 61.12 |
注:表中参数值依据文献[31]整理得出。 |
Table 2 Sensitivity of different p-values表2 不同的p值对评估结果的影响 |
| p取模型 计算值 | p取经验值 高值 | p取经验值 低值 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| p | 0.682E-04 | 0.001 | 0.250E-04 |
| c | 17 046.000 | 15 362.550 | 1 086.861 |
| (pR-c) | 90 312.140 | 1 559 681.380 | 38 289.240 |
| (1-p)^n | 0.305 | 2.650E-08 | 0.647 |
| λ | 61.120 | 42.500 | 120.270 |
| (1+r)/r | 21.000 | 21.000 | 21.000 |
| 边际物种价值/万元 | 3 531.000 | 0.004 | 26 253.000 |
| 中国高等植物潜在 勘探总价值/亿元 | 11 825.000 | 13 920.000 | 13 669.000 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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