Does using the ecosystem services concept provoke the risk of assigning virtual prices instead of real values to nature? Some reflections on the benefit of ecosystem services for planning and policy consulting.

European Journal of Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 39-44

  Fürst, Christine ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Intrinsic values of nature; IPBES; MAES; Planning and policy consulting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016436459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13398474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/eje-2015-0015     Document Type: Article

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