Ecosystem services and conservation strategy: beware the silver bullet

摘要: There is an important analytical distinction for conservationists between the flow of ecosystem services and stock natural capital that underpins or constitutes them. The relationship these two often complex indeterminate. Ecosystem result from interplay different biological physical processes across a variety scales. Flows may be imperfectly related to stocks capital. Conservation concerned with protection certain capital, but also maintaining web relationships characterize biodiversity. Despite obvious links services, biodiversity, are not identical. Practitioners policy makers should cautious in their use proxy indicator when developing mechanisms biodiversity conservation. Conceptual clarity essential order harness potentially role service based interventions can play mainstreaming conservation issues.