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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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contingent valuation papers with 120 observations to conduct the first meta-analysis of the ecosystem service values provided by …
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estimating the long-term discount rate result in the under-valuation of projects that are sensitive to biodiversity conservation …
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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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valuation method. Here, we show that two existing valuation methods, previously thought to be unrelated, are each a special case …
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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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ecosystem service flows to people. Only when these difficulties are overcome is it possible to use existing valuation methods to …
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services and markets that have the potential to provide for them. Empirical analysis focuses on public valuation for three …
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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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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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