trends of ecosystem services linked to agriculture, including issues related to land use. Secondly, results are presented … of ecosystems in selected countries and policy initiatives that address ecosystem services linked to agriculture. …This report assesses the crucial drivers of ecosystem services and proposes actions to develop a more effective policy …

There are now a large number of valuation studies on the benefits of biodiversity and on ecosystem services, the … from most habitats, by type of ecosystem service, usually expressed in USD per hectare per year. Coverage varies by habitat … for a number of ecosystem services a result of the introduction of a new policy or of a physical investment that modifies …

of production, and consumers. The developing country context is most common for valuing the environment as an input …, because agriculture and natural resource extraction are so much more important than in industrialized countries. When … households or firms produce goods for sale on the market, and the environment influences the costs of production, we show the …