Biodiversity Finance sets out the case for scaling up Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) at the international level. The book … biodiversity, and how the resulting revenues can be used efficiently to encourage conservation and the sustainable supply of … ecosystem services, on which we all depend. This timely volume includes examples of promising initiatives from around the world …

Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation -- Biodiversity … ecosystem and biodiversity valuation -- The economics of valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity -- Discounting, ethics, and … options for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem integrity -- Lessons learned and linkages with national policies …