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What matters and why? Ecosystem services and their bundled qualities

Klain, Sarah C.; Satterfield, Terre A.; Chan, Kai M.A. - In: Ecological Economics 107 (2014) C, pp. 310-320

amenable to market or non-market economic valuation; and 4) Stakeholders primarily conceive of the importance of nature in … that are not adequately expressed using market or non-market valuation. Respondents used diverse metaphors about why the …

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Valuing insurance services emerging from a gene bank: The case of the Greek Gene Bank

Xepapadeas, Anastasios; Ralli, Parthenopi; Kougea, Eva; … - In: Ecological Economics 97 (2014) C, pp. 140-149

We develop a conceptual framework for determining insurance values associated with a gene bank and we apply the methodology to the Greek Gene Bank (GGB), the largest ex situ conservation program in Greece. To evaluate the insurance value generated by the holdings of the GGB genetic resources,...

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Regime shifts and management

Crépin, Anne-Sophie; Biggs, Reinette; Polasky, Stephen; … - In: Ecological Economics 84 (2012) C, pp. 15-22

Regime shifts are substantial reorganizations in system structure, functions and feedbacks, which can lead to changes in the provision of ecosystem services with significant impacts on human well-being. Recent research has documented cases of regime shifts in local and regional systems and there...

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Political affiliation and willingness to pay: An examination of the nature of benefits and means of provision

Dupont, Diane P.; Bateman, Ian J. - In: Ecological Economics 75 (2012) C, pp. 43-51

Non-market techniques are widely used for valuing environmental goods and services. Recent articles obtain results showing respondents to the right of the political spectrum are significantly less likely to vote in favour of environmental programs that provide public goods through public means....

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An operational structure for clarity in ecosystem service values

Johnston, Robert J.; Russell, Marc - In: Ecological Economics 70 (2011) 12, pp. 2243-2249

Analyses used to value ecosystem services often confuse final ecosystem services with ecological functions that provide indirect benefit. Typologies of ecosystem services, such as that developed by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, do not ameliorate these challenges. Among the causes of...

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Uncertainty in ecosystem services valuation and implications for assessing land use tradeoffs: An agricultural case study in the Minnesota River Basin

Johnson, Kris A.; Polasky, Stephen; Nelson, Erik; … - In: Ecological Economics 79 (2012) C, pp. 71-79

and valuation of services can enhance policies and regulations and, if linked with payments or incentives, properly reward … quantification and valuation remains highly uncertain. While there is significant uncertainty about the biophysical production of … with valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture affects the ranking of land use alternatives in terms of social net …

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Valuing pollination services to agriculture

Winfree, Rachael; Gross, Brian J.; Kremen, Claire - In: Ecological Economics 71 (2011) C, pp. 80-88

valuation method. Here, we show that two existing valuation methods, previously thought to be unrelated, are each a special case …

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Accounting for the ecosystem services of migratory species: Quantifying migration support and spatial subsidies

Semmens, Darius J.; Diffendorfer, James E.; … - In: Ecological Economics 70 (2011) 12, pp. 2236-2242

Migratory species support ecosystem process and function in multiple areas, establishing ecological linkages between their different habitats. As they travel, migratory species also provide ecosystem services to people in many different locations. Previous research suggests there may be spatial...

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Using an adapted HEP to assess environmental cost

Dumax, Nathalie; Rozan, Anne - In: Ecological Economics 72 (2011) C, pp. 53-59

infrastructure development plans. Several economic valuation methods can be used to perform a monetary valuation of losses of natural … areas. However, existing valuation methods have reached their limits when dealing with land planning in complex natural … the environmental cost of infrastructure development plans. The “adapted” HEP is an equivalence-based valuation method …

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Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning

Gómez-Baggethun, Erik; Barton, David N. - In: Ecological Economics 86 (2013) C, pp. 235-245

, we categorize important ecosystem services and disservices in urban areas. Second, we describe valuation languages …, we identify analytical challenges for valuation to inform urban planning in the face of high heterogeneity and …

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