The value of ecosystem services: What is the evidence?

Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 19-26

  Blomqvist, Linus ^a   Simpson, R David ^b  

^a Breakthrough Institute   (United States)

^b RDS Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Natural capital; Opportunity costs; Replacement cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043677199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198808978.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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