The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management
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Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9781849712521
ISBN-13 : 1849712522
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Book Synopsis The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management by : Heidi Wittmer

Download or read book The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management written by Heidi Wittmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human well-being is dependent upon 'ecosystem services' provided by nature for free, such as water and air purification, fisheries, timber and nutrient cycling. These are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, so their loss is often not detected by our current economic incentive system and therefore continues unabated. A variety of pressures resulting from population growth, changing diets, urbanisation, climate change and many other factors is causing biodiversity to decline and ecosystems to be degraded. The world's.


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