concerns over the extent and rate of biodiversity loss have led to renewed interest in extinction outcomes and speculation …

There are now a large number of valuation studies on the benefits of biodiversity and on ecosystem services, the … services provided by different ecosystems (ESS). Both ideas have been used to elicit values from nature but in recent years the … research community has focussed on ESS as the main organising framework, with some additional use of the biodiversity concept …

of ecosystems in selected countries and policy initiatives that address ecosystem services linked to agriculture. …

and ecosystems services, as well as key issues involved in linking loss of biodiversity and ecosystems services to …The topic of biodiversity loss has been the subject of a vast and growing scientific and economic literature. Species … biodiversity is projected to decrease by a further 10% by 2050. As with biodiversity, the planet has also experienced major losses …

quality growth reduces overall cost for achieving a future biodiversity target from relatively early establishment of habitats …This paper develops a dynamic model for cost-effective selection of sites for restoring biodiversity when habitat … habitats, and this is formulated in a chance-constrained programming framework. The theoretical results show; (i) inclusion of …

of urban ecosystems, and human alterations to them, in turn alter people’s behavior. This feedback loop from the … evolution of urban ecosystems. This paper describes markets as coordination mechanisms and conveyors of information from a …