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Valuing forest ecosystem services: What we know and what we don't

K. N. Ninan, +1 more
- 01 Sep 2013 - 
- Vol. 93, Iss: 93, pp 137-149
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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.
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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.

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Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy

TL;DR: Solutions to forest pest problems in the future should mainly focus on integrating management approaches globally, rather than single-country strategies.
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Ecosystem disservices research: A review of the state of the art with a focus on cities

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how ecosystem disservices have been recognized in the scientific literature and how the concept has been used in the discussion of socio-ecological systems, and they use a quantitative approach to assess geographical spread, focus and indicator choice.
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Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Understanding and Categorising Ecosystem Disservices for Environmental Management and Human Wellbeing

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a definition and a working typology of ecosystem disservices to help generate debate, policy, and management options around ecosystem services, and classify them into six categories: natural hazards, social hazards, natural hazards and social hazards.
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Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A review of the empirical links

TL;DR: The ESPA programme is funded by the UK Department for International Development, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as mentioned in this paper, with support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme.
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Soil ecosystem services, sustainability, valuation and management

TL;DR: The type, quantity or quality of soil ecosystem services (ES) depends on the specific environmental characteristics that will determine soil properties and functions and the valuation of soil ES depends on natural features and management type as discussed by the authors.
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Ecosystem services and their values: a case study in the Qinba mountains of China

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimated the annual economic value of some ecosystem services provided by terrestrial ecosystems in the Qinba mountains of Shaanxi Province of China, using both simulation models and a geographic information system that helps to analyze the effect of ecological factors on ecosystem functions.
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Asian Elephants as Agricultural Pests: Economics of Control and Compensation in Sri Lanka

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In search of marginal environmental valuations — ecosystem services in Finnish forest accounting

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contribute to curtailing the existing gap between green accounting theory and applications for valuing forest ecosystem services by incorporating empirical value estimates of these services comparable to other goods into Finnish forest accounting system and discuss some problems encountered and clarify the interpretation of some value estimates incorporated to national forest account.
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