Handbook on the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

摘要: In recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which created subsequent need for real understanding of scope and limits ecosystems biodiversity. Within this Handbook, carefully commissioned original contributions from acknowledged experts field address new concepts their applications, identify knowledge gaps provide authoritative recommendations. The Handbook offers wealth case studies further: • identifies conceptual underpinnings economics biodiversity demonstrates research methodologies applications provides assessment results findings ecosystems’ services valuation accounting reader with state art spatial explicit tools mapping values land-use planning, including context business industry. This will appeal researchers academics at both advanced undergraduate post-graduate levels environmental ecological economics. Policy makers government, conservation sectors find much engage them as work prove essential implementing effective response policies management