The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kumar, Pushpam

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first volume in a series of crucial outputs from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project. It provides a comprehensive global assessment of economic aspects of the critical ecosystem services upon which human well-being relies, but which are often undetected and unaddressed in the conventional economic system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136538803
• Artikelnr.: 38270252

Autorenporträt

This volume is an output of TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study and has been edited by Pushpam Kumar, Reader in Environmental Economics, University of Liverpool, UK. TEEB is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and supported by the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), recently joined by Norway's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands' Ministry of Housing (VROM), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and also the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The study leader is Pavan Sukhdev, who is also Special Adviser - Green Economy Initiative, UNEP.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Integrating the Ecological and Economic Dimensions in Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Service Valuation 2. Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Ecosystem
Services 3. Measuring Biophysical Quantities and the Use of Indicators 4.
The Socio-cultural Context of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Valuation 5. The
Economics of Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity 6. Discounting,
Ethics, and Options for Maintaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Integrity 7.
Lessons Learned and Linkages with National Policies Appendix 1: How the
TEEB Framework Can be Applied: The Amazon Case Appendix 2: Matrix Tables
for Wetland and Forest Ecosystems Appendix 3: Estimates of Monetary Values
of Ecosystem Services