The pangaea conservancy is considering protecting another

Question

The Pangaea Conservancy is considering protecting another area. This area already has four protected areas, shown below in dark gray. In this area, the Pangaea Conservancy has budgeted $25 million to purchase land from private landowners so that it can permanently protect these areas. The 12 parcels available for purchase by the Pangaea Conservancy are lettered from A-L below and are shown in light gray. The Pangaea Conservancy has used a new and improved benefit assessment tech- nique which calculates two benefit scores as shown below.7 For both of these measures, the higher the score signifies the higher the quality. Assuming that the Pangaea Conservancy considers the ecological score and the scenic value to be of equal importance, which parcels would you recommend that it acquire if it wants to use Benefit Targeting? Describe the selected parcels.

K

H

J

B

C

D

I

A

L

G

F

E

 

Parcel ID	Ecological Score	Scenic Value	Total Benefits	Cost ($m)
A	100	126	226	$4.50
B	100	143	243	$5.00
C	130	130	260	$6.00
D	150	60	210	$5.00
E	80	185	265	$6.50
F	140	140	280	$7.00
G	110	95	205	$7.00
H	50	60	110	$6.50
I	60	25	85	$9.00
J	15	10	25	$4.50
K	150	150	300	$12.00
L	75	75	150	$8.00