Foreword: the importance of valuing ecosystem services

Robert Costanza

doi:10.4337/9781781955161.00008

Foreword: the importance of valuing ecosystem services

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Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services is critical to promoting human welfare and sustainable development. Ecosystem services valuation has therefore recently assumed prominence in research and policy circles. In this illuminating volume, leading experts from around the world discuss the key methodological issues and challenges in valuing ecosystem services. Covering a cross-section of ecosystems and services in different sites, countries and regions, the collection also usefully presents case studies that value ecosystem services and experiences with operationalising valuation into policy. © K.N. Ninan 2014. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	US
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
ISBN (Print)	9781781955154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781955161.00008
Publication status	Published - 2014

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