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edocfu_9959238530202883
Format:
1 online resource (437 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-166458-8
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This title addresses the economic and policy issues involved in biodiversity protection. It brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Nature in the Balance: The Economics of Biodiversity; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction; 2: The Economic Analysis of Biodiversity; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?; 2.3 VALUING SPECIES AND LANDSCAPES; 2.4 DEPLETION, SUBSTITUTION, AND RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES; 2.5 POLICY INSTRUMENTS; 2.5.1 Biodiversity-related externalities; 2.5.2 Biodiversity-related public goods; 2.6 TREATIES, TARGETS, INTERNATIONALAGREEMENTS, AND INSTITUTIONS
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2.7 IMPLEMENTATION, ACCOUNTING, AND ECONOMIC POLICY2.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Part I: Concepts and Measurement; 3: Biodiversity: Its Meanings, Roles, and Status; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?; 3.3 MEASURING BIODIVERSITY; 3.4 A WIDELY USED DEFINITION OF BIODIVERSITY; 3.5 WHY DOES BIODIVERSITY MATTER?; 3.5.1 Extrinsic and intrinsic values; 3.5.2 Ecosystem services; 3.5.3 Heritage, adaptability, and resilience; 3.6 CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY; 3.7 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 4: Identifying and Mapping Biodiversity: Where Can We Damage?; 4.1 INTRODUCTION
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4.2 WHAT INFORMATION ON BIODIVERSITY IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE IMPORTANT REGIONS OUTSIDE OF PROTECTED AREAS?4.2.1 Ecological properties of a landscape; 4.2.2 Ecological features of a landscape; 4.2.3 Spatial resolution of datasets; 4.2.4 Temporal resolution of datasets; 4.3 WHAT INFORMATION DO WE ALREADY HAVE?; 4.3.1 Richness; 4.3.2 Vulnerability; 4.3.3 Resilience; 4.3.4 Future distribution of biodiversity; 4.4 TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 4.5 KNOWLEDGE GAPS; 4.6 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
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5: The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Valuing Changes in Ecosystem Services5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 VALUING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 5.2.1 The NEA scenarios; 5.2.2 Agricultural food production; 5.2.3 Terrestrial carbon storage and GHG emissions; 5.2.4 Biodiversity; Breeding bird diversity as a function of land cover; Habitat association modelling for farmland birds; 5.2.5 Open-access recreation; 5.2.6 Urban greenspace amenity; 5.3 SYNTHESIS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATIONS; 5.4 POLICY IMPACT AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Part II: Valuing Biodiversity; 6: Valuing Ecosystem Servicesand Biodiversity
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6.1 INTRODUCTION6.2 A FRAMEWORK FOR VALUING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BIODIVERSITY; 6.3 VALUING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: LESSONS AND DIRECTIONS; 6.3.1 Economic valuation methods: a synopsis; 6.3.2 Health values; 6.3.3 Non-use values; 6.3.4 Value transfer and spatial variability; 6.4 FROM VALUES TO ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTS AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; 6.4.1 Ecosystem valuation in the aggregate; 6.4.2 Valuation and policy; 6.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Challenges and Responses; 7.1 THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR BIODIVERSITY; 7.2 TEEB AND ECONOMIC VALUATION
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7.3 RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-967688-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-175625-3
Language:
English
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