Estimating the value of carbon sequestration ecosystem services in the mediterranean sea: An ecological economics approach

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-95

  Melaku Canu, Donata ^a   Ghermandi, Andrea ^b   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^c   Lazzari, Paolo ^a   Cossarini, Gianpiero ^a   Solidoro, Cosimo ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services; Integrated assessment; Mediterranean sea; Regulating services

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGULATORY APPROACH; VALUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84925006141     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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