Ecosystem services and ethics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-268

  Jax, Kurt ^a,b   Barton, David N ^c   Chan, Kai M A ^d   de Groot, Rudolf ^e   Doyle, Ulrike ^f   Eser, Uta ^g   Görg, Christoph ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^h,i   Griewald, Yuliana ^j   Haber, Wolfgang ^b   Haines Young, Roy ^k   Heink, Ulrich ^a   Jahn, Thomas ^l,m   Joosten, Hans ⁿ   Kerschbaumer, Lilin ^n,u   Korn, Horst ^o   Luck, Gary W ^p   Matzdorf, Bettina ^q   Muraca, Barbara ^n,r   Neßhöver, Carsten ^a   Norton, Bryan ^s   Ott, Konrad ^n,u   Potschin, Marion ^k   Rauschmayer, Felix ^a   von Haaren, Christina ^t   Wichmann, Sabine ⁿ   more..

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f German Advisory Council on the Environment   (Germany)

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

^h INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^j HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l Institute for Social Ecological Research ISOE   (Germany)

^m BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^o Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)   (Germany)

^p CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^r FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^s GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Environmental policies; Ethics; Nature conservation; Values

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHNICITY; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 84880383494     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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