The ecosystem services provided by coastal and nearshore marine systems contribute significantly to human welfare … contingent valuation papers with 120 observations to conduct the first meta-analysis of the ecosystem service values provided by … coastal ecosystem services could be explained by variables in commodity, methodology, and study quality. We also used the meta …

The Knowledge Flow Paper at hand gives an overview of the economic reasons for the loss of biodiversity and eco¬system … than currently reflected by market prices. The paper then focuses on policy instruments particularly Payments for Ecosystem … subjective preferences of the stakeholders concerning the use of ecosystem services are an important information. In economics …

framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of … agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the agro-ecosystem services and the governance; specification of governance … needs of agro-ecosystem services and the spectrum of available governing modes (formal and informal institutions, market …

The Ecosystem Service approach has gained a lot of attention lately, as it interlinks ecosystems with the benefits … humans derive from them. The Knowledge Flow paper at hand is giving a first overview of the Ecosystem Service approach. The … paper focuses on the basic understanding of the concept and the definition of the term Ecosystem Services. It serves as a …

residents’ willingness to pay for the preservation of rainforest in Yunnan, while the other split referred to the willingness to … pay for the preservation of a single plant species (i.e. eaglewood) growing in this rainforest. The objectives of this …

biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision in the context of an existing policy mix. In the context of the EU 2010 … – payments for ecosystem services (PES) at farm level and ecological fiscal transfers to municipal /county government. What …