Investing in nature: Developing ecosystem service markets for peatland restoration

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-65

  Bonn, Aletta ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Reed, Mark S ^c,g   Evans, Chris D ^h   Joosten, Hans ⁱ   Bain, Clifton ^c   Farmer, Jenny ^j,k   Emmer, Igino ^l   Couwenberg, John ⁱ   Moxey, Andrew ^m   Artz, Rebekka ^k   Tanneberger, Franziska ⁱ   von Unger, Moritz ^l   Smyth, Mary Ann ⁿ   Birnie, Dick ^o  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c IUCN UK National Committee Peatland Programme   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^k SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^l Silvestrum   (Netherlands)

^m Pareto Consulting   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Crichton University Campus   (United Kingdom)

^o LandForm Research   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Carbon markets; Corporate social responsibility; Ecosystem based mitigation and adaptation; Payments for ecosystem services; Peatland; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908317031     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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