Bequest value, in economics, is the value of satisfaction from preserving a natural environment or a historic environment, in other words natural heritage or cultural heritage for future generations.
[1][2] It is often used when estimating the value of an environmental service or good.
Together with the existence value, it makes up the non-use value of such an environmental service or good.
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