Economic valuation of provisioning and cultural services of a protected mangrove ecosystem: A case study on Sundarbans Reserve Forest, Bangladesh

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-93

  Uddin, Md Shams ^a,b   de Ruyter van Steveninck, E ^a   Stuip, Mishka ^a   Shah, Mohammad Aminur Rahman ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^c BGD Country Office   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Mangrove; Sundarbans Reserve Forest

Indexed keywords

HARNESS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84884590821     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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