Ecosystem Services, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and the Conceptual Difference between Benefits Provided by Ecosystems and Benefits Provided by People
While the idea of ecosystem services is crucial to environmental decision-making, usage of the term "ecosystem services" is haphazard at best. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, reflecting the consensus of the largest group of experts ever assembled in the area of ecosystem change, encouraged increased coordination between international environmental agreement regimes and between these regimes and other international organizations. Increased coordination, however, cannot take place because of a lack of uniformity in the adoption of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's definition. Moreover, some States discourage the use of "ecosystem services" because its usage in the context of payment for ecosystem services systems has created the perception that people will have to pay for previously free benefits. To implement the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's recommendations, decision-makers will have to draw a distinction between benefits provided by ecosystems and human protection of these ecosystems and use "ecosystem services" to refer to the former exclusively
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2008
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Authors: | Lugo, Ezequiel |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Umwelt | Environment | Umweltökonomik | Environmental economics | Umweltpolitik | Environmental policy | Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse | Cost-benefit analysis | Ökosystem | Ecosystem | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | Sustainable development |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (20 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 23, 2008 |
Classification: | K32 - Environmental, Health, and Safety Law ; K33 - International Law |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223243
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