Abstract
Introduction We humans substantially benefit from goods and services provided by ecosystems (MA 2005), and we cannot survive without these ecosystem services. Nevertheless, those have been perceived as externalities; their genuine values have not been evaluated in the market and in policies, rather, ecosystems are recognized as valueless. As a result, development and over-extraction providing easily visible economic profits have been prioritized thus far, and so ecosystems have been continuously degraded at the global level.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 185-201 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136224485 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780203097878 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 20 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)