An economic assessment of the ecosystem service benefits derived from the SSSI biodiversity conservation policy in England and Wales

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-84

  Christie, Mike ^a   Rayment, Matt ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHK Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; Choice experiment; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem services; SSSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868272929     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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