Ethical considerations in on-ground applications of the ecosystem services concept

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1020-1029

  Luck, Gary W ^a   Chan, Kai M A ^b   Eser, Uta ^c   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^d   Matzdorf, Bettina ^e   Norton, Bryan ^f   Potschin, Marion B ^g  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nurtingen Geislingen   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commodification; conservation policy; ecosystem management; environmental ethics; equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871226406     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.4     Document Type: Article

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