Paul C. Sutton

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided an updated estimate based on updated unit ecosystem service values and land use change estimates between 1997 and 2011, using the same methods as in the 1997 paper but with updated data, the estimate for the total global ecosystem services in 2011 is $125 trillion/yr (assuming updated unit values and changes to biome areas).

TL;DR: This paper provided a crude initial estimate of the value of ecosystem services to the economy using data from previous published studies and a few original calculations, and estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the history leading up to these publications and the subsequent debates, research, institutions, policies, on-the-ground actions, and controversies they triggered.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrated the emerging information of the ecological, economic and social importance of the coasts at a global scale, and defined coastal regions to range from the continental shelf (to a depth of 200 meters), the intertidal areas and adjacent land within 100 km of the coastline.

TL;DR: Coastal wetlands function as valuable, selfmaintaining “horizontal levees” for storm protection, and also provide a host of other ecosystem services that vertical levees do not, which is an extremely cost-effective strategy for society.