Natural Capital: Theory & Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services

by Peter Kareiva, Taylor H. Ricketts, Heather Tallis

Book Overview

In 2005, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) provided the first global assessment of the world's ecosystems and ecosystem services. It concluded that recent trends in ecosystem change threatened human wellbeing due to declining ecosystem services. This bleak prophecy has galvanized conservation organizations, ecologists, and economists to work toward rigorous valuations of ecosystem services at a spatial scale and with a resolution that can inform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199589003
• ISBN13: 9780199589005
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.6"