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Natural capital : theory & practice of mapping ecosystem services / edited by Peter Kareiva ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecosystem services.
- Human ecology.
- Ecosystem management.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (395 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2005, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) provided the first global assessment of the world's ecosystems and ecosystem services. It concluded that recent trends in ecosystem change threatened human wellbeing due to declining ecosystem services. This bleak prophecy has galvanized conservation organizations, ecologists, and economists to work toward rigorous valuations of ecosystem services at a spatial scale and with a resolution that can inform public policy. The editors have assembled the world's leading scientists in the fields of conservation, policy analysis, and resource economics
- Contents:
- section 1. A vision for ecosystem services in decisions
- section 2. Multi-tiered models for ecosystem services
- section 3. Extensions, applications, and the next generation of ecosystem service assessments.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-958900-3
- 1-283-26493-5
- 9786613264930
- 0-19-162142-0
- OCLC:
- 753480361
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