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Environmental valuation has become so essential for optimal decision making. Different valuation techniques have been applied to know the value of environmental goods and services. Most importantly, methods of valuation based on the stated preference approach are employed to value the non marketed environmental benefits. This study applied choice experiment to know the watershed and fishery management of Lake Tana of Ethiopia.

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Mr. Fitalew Agimass is a lecture in the department of Economics of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He has got his MSc degree in Economics with natural resource and environmental economics specialty in 2009. He teaches Natural Resource and Environmental economics and is engaged in research.

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