Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and saltmarshes provide a range of important
benefits to people, broadly defined as ecosystem services. These include provisioning …

Ecosystem Services (ES) are critically important to human well-being, and sustaining
economic growth and livelihoods. Globally, valuation research has increased markedly over …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications Page 1
Anthony Waldron1; Vanessa Adams2; James Allan3; Andy Arnell4; Greg Asner5; Scott Atkinson6; …

As a measure of ecosystems' contribution to human well-being, the concept of Gross
Ecosystem Product (GEP) is an integrated monetary index for the evaluation of final …

The complexity of quantifying ecosystem services in monetary terms has long been a
challenging issue for economists and ecologists. Many case specific valuation studies have …

Land use change plays a crucial role in global environmental change. Understanding the
mode and land use change procedure is conducive to improving the quality of the global …

Abstract Changes in land use due to the industrial revolution, increasing population, ever-
increasing desire for economic growth is a global concern. The aforementioned changes …

Tidal marshes are a key component of coastal seascape mosaics that support a suite of
socially and economically valuable ecosystem services, including recreational opportunities …

The large-scale loss of ecosystem assets around the world, and the resultant reduction in
the provision of nature's benefits to people, underscores the urgent need for better metrics of …