UID:
almafu_9958124474402883
Umfang:
ix,33 pages :
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illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-18384-5
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9786610183845
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0-8213-6379-4
Serie:
World Bank e-Library.
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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Available on the Internet. Viewed: 01/13/2005.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-6378-6
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-6378-6