This report focuses on ways we can use land and ecosystem accounting techniques to describe and monitor the consequences of biodiversity loss in the coastal wetlands of the Mediterranean. These ecosystems are characterised by the close coupling of economic, social and ecological processes, and...

Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation -- Biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Measuring biophysical quantities and the use of indicators -- The socio-cultural context of ecosystem and biodiversity valuation -- The...

In recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook,...

1. Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation -- 2. Biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services -- 3. Measuring biophysical quantities and the use of indicators -- 4. The socio-cultural context of ecosystem and biodiversity valuation --...