Biodiversity is a highly complex and abstract ecological concept. Even though it is not one physical entity, it … economic valuation of biodiversity, it remains to be a particularly challenging ‘valuation object’. Valuation practitioners … therefore have to use proxies for biodiversity, many of which are very simple (single species, habitats). This paper presents a …

The approach of conceptualizing biodiversity and ecosystems as goods and services to be represented by monetary values … environmental pragmatism is now being pushed forward internationally under the guise of hardwiring biodiversity and ecosystems … services into finance. This conflicts with the realisation that biodiversity and ecosystems have multiple incommensurable …

Biodiversity crisis is one of the many crises that started at the turn of the millennia. The strategy of action … protect biodiversity. In this context, biodiversity and ecosystem services are natural assets that play a key role in economic … effects they create on three distinct dimensions): create profit (economic-wise), contribute to protection of bio-diversity …

Practitioners in the fields of sustainable development, land management, and biodiversity conservation are increasingly … presents a practice-oriented framework for identifying the "ecosystem service opportunities" to conserve biodiversity and …