Integrated valuation of ecosystem services obtained from restoring water to the environment in a major regulated river basin

摘要: Evaluating different environmental policy options requires extensive modelling of biophysical processes and attributes linked with metrics to measure the magnitude distribution societal impacts. An integrated ecosystem services assessment (IESA) has potential provide salient, credible legitimate information for policy- decision-makers. Here we present results an IESA Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Australian Government initiative restore aspects river flow regimes improve ecological condition floodplains, rivers wetlands in south-eastern Australia. The main outcome from is that supply most (ES) improves under Plan these improvements have considerable monetary value. can actionable ecological, economic social In case was underpinned by hydrological scenarios were input into models interdisciplinary integration across scales, values variables.