Which One of the Following Is NOT a Way to Place

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT a way to place value on ecosystems services?

• A)cost of the damage to coastal areas caused by the destruction of wetlands.
• B)fees to visit protected environmental sites.
• C)cost farmers are willing to pay to have bee hives placed in their orchards.
• D)providing free access to protected habitats.

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Physical Units Method

A technique in accounting used to measure output in production or inventory in terms of the total number of units.

Joint Production Costs

Costs incurred in the process where two or more products are produced together and the costs cannot be readily assigned to individual products.

Contribution Margin

A measure of profitability calculated as sales revenue minus variable costs; used to evaluate a product's contribution to covering fixed costs.

Machine Hour

A measure of production time or operation, calculated as the total hours a machine is run in the production process.