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Environmental capital : government's role in protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity / Cameron Dewhurst and Firat Katirci, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity conservation--Government policy--United States.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Ecosystem management--Government policy--United States.
- Ecosystem management.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- This text examines ecosystems and the biodiversity they embody which constitute 'environmental capital' on which society depends in multifaceted ways. The 'ecosystem services' that flow from this capital including formation of soil and renewal of its fertility, management of flows of fresh water, maintenance of the composition of the atmosphere and pollination of flowers and crops.
- Contents:
- Sustaining environmental capital : protecting society and the economy / President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- Crosscut budgets in ecosystem restoration initiatives : examples and issues for Congress
- Pervaze A. Sheikh and Clinton T. Brass.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62257-595-4
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