While biodiversity loss is an ecological phenomenon, it also has further dimensions– political, social and, last but not least, economic. From the economic perspective, the rapid …
PALD Nunes, J Bergh, P Nijkamp - 2003 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This book surveys and highlights the potential and limitations of an ecological-economic analysis of biodiversity. Chapter 2 presents a definition of biodiversity and discusses …
To value something, you first have to know what it is. Bartkowski et al.(2015) reveal a critical weakness: that biodiversity has rarely, if ever, been defined in economic valuations of …
PALD Nunes, JCJM van den Bergh… - Available at SSRN …, 2001 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper introduces and surveys ecological-economic analysis and valuation of biodiversity. Furthermore, the notion and application of economic, monetary valuation of …
Linking biophysical aspects of ecosystems with human benefits through the notion of ecosystem services is essential to assess the trade-offs (ecological, socio-cultural, economic …
This paper critically evaluates the notion and application of economic, monetary valuation of biological diversity, or biodiversity. For this purpose four levels of diversity are considered …
B Bartkowski - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Economic valuation mostly focuses on specific ecosystems, species or the services they provide. The diversity within ecosystems is viewed as a valuation object less frequently. In …
PJ Edwards, C Abivardi - Biological conservation, 1998 - Elsevier
As problems of environmental change become more evident, we increasingly realize how much we depend upon wildlife for a wide range of so-called ecosystem services. These …
In the Total Economic Value (TEV) framework, ecosystems may generate output values (the values generated in the current state of the ecosystem, for example food production, climate …