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The size, concentration, and growth of biodiversity-conservation nonprofits

Armsworth, Paul R., Fishburn, Isla S., Davies, Zoe G., Gilbert, Jennifer, Leaver, Natasha, Gaston, Kevin J. (2012) The size, concentration, and growth of biodiversity-conservation nonprofits. BioScience, 62 (3). pp. 271-281. ISSN 0006-3568. (doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.3.8) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:37264)

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Abstract

Nonprofit organizations play a critical role in efforts to conserve biodiversity. Their success in this regard will be determined in part by how effectively individual nonprofits and the sector as a whole are structured. One of the most fundamental questions about an organization’s structure is how large it should be, with the logical counterpart being how concentrated the whole sector should be. We review empirical patterns in the size, concentration, and growth of over 1700 biodiversity-conservation nonprofits registered for tax purposes in the United States within the context of relevant economic theory. Conservation-nonprofit sizes vary by six to seven orders of magnitude and are positively skewed. Larger nonprofits access more revenue streams and hold more of their assets in land and buildings than smaller or midsized nonprofits do. The size of conservation nonprofits varies with the ecological focus of the organization, but the growth rates of nonprofits do not.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.3.8
Uncontrolled keywords: nongovernmental organization; industrial organization; conservation planning; firm size distribution; conservation finance
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology)
Depositing User: Zoe Davies
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2013 09:47 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/37264 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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