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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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Economic valuation of tiger reserves in India : a VALUE+ approach
Advait Edgaonkar,Chandan Khanna,Dhaval Negandhi,Gopal K. Kadekodi,Madhu Verma,Ashish David,Robert Costanza,Rohit Singh +7 more
TL;DR: InVEST mapping tool has been used to understand flow of ecosystem services from tiger reserves as discussed by the authors. But the study was conducted at Kanha and Periyar Tiger Reserve.
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Forest governance and economic values of forest ecosystem services in Vietnam
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a framework for mapping land use and land cover (LULC) change stemming from actual and hypothetical changes in forest governance regimes, quantifying the resulting changes in the provision of FES, and estimates the associated economic values.
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How does economic research contribute to the management of forest ecosystem services
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an economic interpretation of the FES concept and a review of economic models of forest management, and explain how spatial and temporal dimensions of FES can have major implications on their supply and demand.
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Understanding the integration of ecosystem services and natural capital in Scottish policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an assessment of the integration of ecosystem services and natural capital (ES/NC) in Scottish policy, conceptually and operationally, using 224 policy documents, strategies and other policy-relevant documents.
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Perceiving the invisible: Formal education affects the perception of ecosystem services provided by native areas
TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to identify landowners' perceptions of the native areas on their properties as sources of ecosystem services (ESs), to support future conservationist management strategies.
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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.