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* Foreword (Mirei Herrera) * INTRODUCTION * Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: Setting the Context (Shimon Anisfeld) * SECTION 1: CARBON * CARBON SUPPLY * Carbon in Terrestrial Systems: A Review of the Science with Specific Reference to Central American Ecotypes and Locations (Jesse Muir Grossman) * Improving the Supply of Carbon Sequestration Services in Panama (Michael Lichtenfeld) * CARBON DEMAND * An Assessment of Existing Demand for Carbon Sequestration Services (Sandra Lauterbach) * Policy Alternatives to Increase the Demand for Forest-Based Carbon Sequestration (Alexander Hovani and Mike Fotos) * SECTION 2: WATER * WATER SUPPLY * Existing Supply of Watershed Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Krista Anderson) * Policy Alternatives for Improving Markets for Water Quality and Quantity in the Panama Canal Watershed (Michelle Lichtenfels) * WATER DEMAND * Assessment of Existing Demand of Watershed Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Mike Fotos, Fuphan Chou, and Quint Newcomer) * Policy Alternatives to Improve Demand for Water-Related Ecosystem Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Mike Fotos, Quint Newcomer, and Radha Kuppalli) * SECTION 3: BIODIVERSITY * Can Bioprospecting Save Itself? At the Vanguard of Bioprospecting's Second Wave (Patrick Burtis) * Sustainable Tourism: Sustaining Biodiversity? (Catherine Schloegel) * The Dynamics of Conservation Financing: A Window into the Panamanian Market for Biodiversity Existence Value (Steven Wallander) * Markets for Biodiversity: Certified Forest Products in Panama (Yuko Miyata) * SECTION 4: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS * Existing Markets for Ecosystem Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Steven Wallander, Sandra Lauterbach, Krista Anderson, Fuphan Chou, Jesse Muir Grossman, and Catherine Schloegel) * Improving Markets for Ecosystem Services (Michelle Lichtenfels, Patrick Burtis, Alexander Hovani, Radha Kuppalli, Michael Lichtenfeld, and Yuko Miyata) * CONCLUSION * Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: What Did We Learn? (Bradford S. Gentry) * Index * Reference Notes Included |