El cáncer de pulmón es una enfermedad respiratoria que presenta el mayor número de diagnósticos durante los últimos años, siendo la causa más común de muerte por cáncer a nivel mundial.  Además del tabaquismo, las altas concentraciones de material particulado han aumentado significativamente los registros de esta enfermedad principalmente en países en desarrollo con grandes poblaciones. En Lima Metropolitana (LM), el cáncer de pulmón corresponde a la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer y, si bien se han aplicado medidas regulatorias que intentan mitigar la contaminación del aire, poco se ha estudiado sobre el costo económico asociado a esta enfermedad. Por ello, este estudio contribuye a la literatura mediante la estimación del costo económico del cáncer de pulmón como consecuencia de las concentraciones de material particulado en LM, durante el periodo 2010-2019. Par...

Understanding the willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation improves the decision-making process for local governments in countries like Peru, characterized by ineffective development of public policies to protect the environment. During the first quarter of 2020, 2,414 surveys were conducted to measure the willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation in the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, in Peru. The results revealed that the willingness to pay is approximately $6 per household, which is relevant not only because it provides information on how the local population values this aspect but also because it has direct implications for the formulation and implementation of environmental conservation policies in the region.

High concentrations of particulate matter (PM) represent a risk to human health, one of its greatest sources is the existing vehicle fleet in Metropolitan Lima City (ML). Due to this problem, various regulatory measures have been established to mitigate this high level of contamination. This article aims to estimate the economic cost of air pollution by particulate matter generated by vehicular transport in Metropolitan Lima. This is the starting point for the design and implementation of policy measures in an efficiency context. For this purpose, the factors of the concentration-response function were used in order to estimate the number of cases of mortality and morbidity associated with the concentration of PM. The results show that the cost fluctuated between 0.21% and 0.29% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of LM, a significantly lower fraction in relation to other densely populat...

According to NOAA, the results of an economic valuation are applicable as public policy if they fulfill two conditions: rationality and plausibility. In this study, we carried out the valuation of biodiversity conservation in Manu National Park in Peru (a megabiodiverse country), based on three representations: species, habitat and functionality. We identify sensitivity to scope in most of the attributes used. When we add socioeconomic characteristics, we identify that gender and salary levels affect preferences. Our total analysis shows that number of threatened plant species and functionality better fulfill both conditions.