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Valuing forest ecosystem services: What we know and what we don't
K. N. Ninan,Makoto Inoue +1 more
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In this paper, the authors review the studies that have tried to estimate the value of forest ecosystem services and discuss the shortcomings of existing studies, and suggest that future research should focus on the neglected ecosystem services, "disservices", assessing the role of dynamic factors and environmental catastrophes on the provision of ecosystem services.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 157 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ecosystem valuation & Ecosystem services.read more
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Carbon stock and sequestration valuation in a mixed dipterocarp forest of Malaysia
Nitanan Koshy Matthew,Ahmad Shuib,Ismail Muhammad,Muhammad Ekhzarizal Mohamed Eusop,Sridar Ramachandran,Syamsul Herman Mohammad Afandi,Zaiton Samdin +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the carbon stock and sequestration potential in a mixed dipterocarp tropical forest remains unclear due to a lack of information, and an economic value to justify its conservation is estimated.
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Valuing ecosystem services to explore scenarios for adaptive spatial planning
TL;DR: It is argued that monetary valuation of ES can contribute to this challenge of translation into practical applications by allowing spatial planners to explore and evaluate policy decisions against trade-offs between various land use alternatives, while taking ecosystem services into account.
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Value and benefit distribution of pollination services provided by bats in the production of cactus fruits in central Mexico
Constance J. Tremlett,Kelvin S.-H. Peh,Kelvin S.-H. Peh,Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez,Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez,Marije Schaafsma +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified the value and benefit distribution of bat pollination in the production of a major fruit crop in Mexico (pitayas, Stenocereus queretaroensis).
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Valuing a diversity of ecosystem services: The way forward to protect strategic groundwater resources for the future?
Cécile Hérivaux,Marine Grémont +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and tested a systemic approach based on local data collection, cost-based monetary valuation methods and stakeholder involvement for groundwater protection, which can improve the understanding of local stakeholders regarding the benefits of strategic groundwater preservation for future generations.
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The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
Robert Costanza,Rudolf de Groot,Stephen Farberk,Monica Grasso,Bruce Hannon,Karin E. Limburg,Shahid Naeem,José M. Paruelo,Robert Raskin,Paul Suttonkk,Marjan van den Belt +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes, based on published studies and a few original calculations, for the entire biosphere, the value (most of which is outside the market) is estimated to be in the range of US$16-54 trillion (10^(12)) per year, with an average of US $33 trillion per year.
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Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks.
Sebastiaan Luyssaert,Ernst Detlef Schulze,Annett Börner,Alexander Knohl,Dominik Hessenmöller,Beverly E. Law,Philippe Ciais,John Grace +7 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that old-growth forests can continue to accumulate carbon, contrary to the long-standing view that they are carbon neutral, and suggest that 15 per cent of the global forest area, which is currently not considered when offsetting increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, provides at least 10 per cent the global net ecosystem productivity.
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CO 2 emissions from forest loss
G. R. van der Werf,Douglas C. Morton,Ruth DeFries,J. G. J. Olivier,Prasad S. Kasibhatla,Robert B. Jackson,G. J. Collatz,James T. Randerson +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the second largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, after fossil fuel combustion, is revised downwards, but tropical peatlands emerge as a notable carbon dioxide source.
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Soil Erosion: A Food and Environmental Threat
TL;DR: Soil erosion is one of the most serious environmental and public health problems facing human society as mentioned in this paper, and each year about 10 million-ha of cropland is lost due to soil erosion, thus reducing the croplands available for food production.