Governments Often Fail to Adopt Policies That Would Encourage Sustainable

question 3

Multiple Choice

Governments often fail to adopt policies that would encourage sustainable management and protect ecosystem goods and services.This failure happens for all of the following reasons except that

• A) ecosystem services are difficult to evaluate and quantify.
• B) people who stand to profit from ecosystem services may have no incentive to pay for them.
• C) owners of converted ecosystems often derive economic benefits from their intensive use or development.
• D) ecosystem services provide little value for the money they would cost.
• E) people are not aware of ecosystem services or take them for granted.

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Rejection

The refusal to accept an offer or proposal, in the context of contracts, it is the refusal to agree to the terms.

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