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Barbier, Edward; Heal, Geoffrey - In: The Economists' Voice 3 (2007) 3, pp. 2-2

Edward Barbier and Geoffrey Heal explain an emerging field aimed at valuing ecosystems, whose purpose is to help policy makers decide things like how best to get New York clean water or the role that expanded wetlands might play in limiting storm damage in New Orleans.

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A Meta-Analysis of Contingent Valuation Studies in Coastal and Near-Shore Marine Ecosystems

Liu, Shuang; Stern, David I. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

contingent valuation papers with 120 observations to conduct the first meta-analysis of the ecosystem service values provided by …

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Biodiversity valuation and the discount rate problem

Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26 (2013) June, pp. 715-745

estimating the long-term discount rate result in the under-valuation of projects that are sensitive to biodiversity conservation …

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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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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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Valuation of wetland ecosystems services. Some methodological principles (In French)

POINT, Patrick - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et … - 2012

We all have become aware of the essential contribution of ecosystems to the human welfare. This is a strong driver for taking into account ecosystem services within decision processes. But the connection between ecosystems and theirs services is frequently neither readily apparent nor easy to...

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Pricing Nature

Barbier, Edward B. - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 337-353

ecosystem service flows to people. Only when these difficulties are overcome is it possible to use existing valuation methods to …

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Generating Revenues from WTP for Ecosystem Restoration: An Auction Experiment on Public Goods

Smith, Elizabeth C.; Swallow, Stephen K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

services and markets that have the potential to provide for them. Empirical analysis focuses on public valuation for three …

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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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