Ecosystem services and economic theory: Integration for policy-relevant research
| Autor: | Stephen Farber, Andrew Balmford, Matthew Zylstra, Robin Naidoo, Doug Yu, Paul J. Ferraro, Rhys E. Green, Shaun Mowatt, Paul Jefferiss, Kerry Turner, Julian Harlow, Paul Morling, Brendan Fisher, Roy Brouwer, Rudolf de Groot, Jouni Paavola, Christopher A. Kirkby, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, David Hadley |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Economics |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Conservation of Natural Resources
philippine coral-reefs Process (engineering) Decision Making willingness-to-pay Ecosystem services latin-america land-use change Willingness to pay Humans Ecosystem Land use land-use change and forestry Policy Making ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Ecological economics Ecosystem health WIMEK Ecology business.industry Research Environmental resource management south-africa working conservation SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Environmental economics water program Ecosystem valuation research needs Environmental Systems Analysis Models Economic Milieusysteemanalyse Business environmental services management |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Applications 18 (2008) 8 Fisher, B, Turner, R K, Zylstra, M, Brouwer, R, de Groot, R, Farber, S, Ferraro, P, Green, R, Hadley, D, Harlow, J, Jefferiss, P, Kirkby, C, Morling, P, Mowatt, S, Naidoo, R, Paavola, J, Strassburg, B, Yu, D & Balmford, A 2008, ' Ecosystem services and economic theory: Integration for policy-relevant research ', Ecological Applications, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 2050-2067 . https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1537.1 Ecological Applications, 18(8), 2050-2067 ResearcherID Ecological Applications, 18(8), 2050-2067. Ecological Society of America |
| ISSN: | 1051-0761 |
| DOI: | 10.1890/07-1537.1 |
| Popis: | It has become essential in policy and decision-making circles to think about the economic benefits (in addition to moral and scientific motivations) humans derive from wellfunctioning ecosystems. The concept of ecosystem services has been developed to address this link between ecosystems and human welfare. Since policy decisions are often evaluated through cost-benefit assessments, an economic analysis can help make ecosystem service research operational. In this paper we provide some simple economic analyses to discuss key concepts involved in formalizing ecosystem service research. These include the distinction between services and benefits, understanding the importance of marginal ecosystem changes, formalizing the idea of a safe minimum standard for ecosystem service provision, and discussing how to capture the public benefits of ecosystem services. We discuss how the integration of economic concepts and ecosystem services can provide policy and decision makers with a fuller spectrum of information for making conservation-conversion trade-offs. We include the results from a survey of the literature and a questionnaire of researchers regarding how ecosystem service research can be integrated into the policy process. We feel this discussion of economic concepts will be a practical aid for ecosystem service research to become more immediately policy relevant. © 2008 by the Ecological Society of America. |
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