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A economia de ecossistemas e da biodiversidade no Brasil (TEEB-Brasil): Análise de lacunas
Roma, Júlio César; Saccaro, Nilo Luiz; Mation, Lucas … - 2013
economics of ecosystems and biodiversity in Brazil (TEEB Brazil): gap analysis. Its main goal is to foster a better … understanding of the economic value of Brazil's biodiversity and ecosystem services, with the intent that these factors be … importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services for the Brazilian economy. For the empirical studies identified, we analyzed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372356
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Natural capital changes in Poland : integrating spatial and economic approach
Telega, Ivan; Telega, Agnieszka - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 907-922
In the context of decision making, the main challenge is the assessment of changes in natural capital stocks due to conversion of ecosystems for development purposes. Ecosystems are basically a spatial concept, so the natural approach is to use GIS to evaluate land cover changes. Basic economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011857701
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Rethinking Venice from an ecosystem services perspective
Da Mosto, Jane; Bertolini, Camilla; Markandya, Anil; … - 2020
Safeguarding the future of Venice is a globally recognised challenge of urban sustainability. We propose a sustainable management model, alternative to the current strategy, that primarily focuses on the built heritage and which interprets the city together with its encircling lagoon as a matrix...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317686
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Modelling natural capital : a proposal for a mixed multi-criteria approach to assign management priorities to ecosystem services
Castro-Pardo, Mónica de; Fernández Martínez, Pascual; … - In: Contemporary economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 22-37
Investment in natural capital is increasingly necessary and urgent considering the increasing loss of global bio- diversity and the associated social and economic losses. Ecosystem services are tools for quantifying the stock of natural capital and there is great concern about their assessment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176125
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Natural capital changes in Poland: Integrating spatial and economic approach
Telega, Ivan; Telega, Agnieszka - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 907-922
In the context of decision making, the main challenge is the assessment of changes in natural capital stocks due to conversion of ecosystems for development purposes. Ecosystems are basically a spatial concept, so the natural approach is to use GIS to evaluate land cover changes. Basic economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984315
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Rethinking Venice from an Ecosystem Services Perspective
da Mosto, Jane; Bertolini, Camilla; Markandya, Anil; … - 2020
Safeguarding the future of Venice is a globally recognised challenge of urban sustainability. We propose a sustainable management model, alternative to the current strategy, that primarily focuses on the built heritage and which interprets the city together with its encircling lagoon as a matrix...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419724
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Chapter 3. The nature of natural capital and ecosystem income
Fenichel, Eli P.; Abbott, Joshua K.; Yun, Seong Do - In: Handbook of environmental economics : Volume 4, (pp. 85-142). 2018
The natural capital concept is generating broad interest that extends well beyond economists. Economics has a long history of applying capital theory to natural resources. However, measurement of the value of ecosystems has mostly focused on income flows rather than valuing stocks of natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023894
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Modelling natural capital: A proposal for a mixed multi-criteria approach to assign management priorities to ecosystem services
Rosefielde, Steven - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 22-37
Investment in natural capital is increasingly necessary and urgent considering the increasing loss of global bio- diversity and the associated social and economic losses. Ecosystem services are tools for quantifying the stock of natural capital and there is great concern about their assessment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544593
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Chinese urbanites and the preservation of rare species in remote parts of the country : the example of Eaglewood
Ahlheim, Michael; Frör, Oliver; Langenberger, Gerhard; … - 2014
Based on a Contingent Valuation study in Shanghai we assess people's willingness to contribute personally to the alleviation of environmental problems occurring in distant parts of the country. One split of our survey assessed Shanghai residents' willingness to pay for the preservation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436197
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Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use : overview and insights from trends and policies across selected OECD countries
Sud, Megha - 2020
counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180379