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How much is a whale worth? According to a 2019 study conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a>, a large whale is estimated to be worth two million dollars! But why take the time to quantify how much a living being is worth, how does one go about it, and what is the point of such an exercise?<\/p>\n

Environmental economists can assess the monetary value of ecosystem services, i.e. the economic value of the benefits that humans derive from nature. They are also able to estimate the value of a living organism as complex as a whale by estimating the cost of its services that it contributes to human well-being. The objective is often to answer the question: How much would humans have to spend to compensate for the loss of the services offered by an ecosystem? With regard to whales, carbon storage and the whale-watching industry can be viewed as services that have a quantifiable value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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