Accounting for ecosystem services as a way to understand the requirements for sustainable development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 9501-9506

  Mäler, Karl Göran ^a   Aniyar, Sara ^b   Jansson, Åsa ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Prices; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; CAPITAL; CROP; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; MANGROVE; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHRIMP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELLBEING; WILD TYPE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 47749153005     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708856105     Document Type: Review

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