Economic valuation of ecosystem services fails to capture biodiversity value of tropical forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 178, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-170

  Carrasco, L R ^a   Nghiem, T P L ^a   Sunderland, T ^b   Koh, L P ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural services; Forest economics; Landscape conservation planning; Non timber forest products; Regulating services

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TROPICAL FOREST; ACCESSIBILITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; LANDSCAPE; META-ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 84906846749     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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