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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813777303321

Titolo

How much is an ecosystem worth? : assessing the economic value of conservation / / IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the World Bank, c2005

ISBN

1-280-18384-5

9786610183845

0-8213-6379-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix,33 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental protection - Economic aspects

Environmental policy - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-33).

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ECOSYSTEMS AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE; TABLES; FIGURES; 3. VALUING ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES; BOXES; 4. APPROACHES TO VALUATION; 5. CONCLUSION; 6. FURTHER READING

Sommario/riassunto

The international community has committed itself to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national levels. Yet, despite growing awareness, and major efforts in all countries, the latest evidence indicates that biodiversity continues to be lost at a terrifying pace, resulting in what some call the greatest mass extinction since dinosaurs roamed the planet, 65 million years ago. A range of methods have been developed to value ecosystems, and the services they provide, as well as the costs of conservation. The methods avail