Informing biodiversity policy: The role of economic valuation, deliberative institutions and deliberative monetary valuation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 522-532

  Lienhoop, Nele ^a   Bartkowski, Bartosz ^a   Hansjürgens, Bernd ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deliberative approaches; Deliberative monetary valuation; Economic valuation methods; Ecosystem services; Policy advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84942296963     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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