Are investments to promote biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services aligned?

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-163

  Polasky, Stephen ^a   Johnson, Kris ^b   Keeler, Bonnie ^a   Kovacs, Kent ^a   Nelson, Erik ^c   Pennington, Derric ^d   Plantinga, Andrew J ^e   Withey, John ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Land use; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867099815     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grs011     Document Type: Article

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