The conservation of biodiversity is a major environmental issue, one that promises to remain at or near the top of the … environmental agenda for the foreseeable future. The loss of biodiversity affects human welfare as well as being lamentable for its … climate regulation. Threats to biodiversity include habitat loss and fragmentation, the introduction of nonindigenous species …

The ecological literature suggests that biodiversity reduces the variance of ecosystem services. Thus, conservative … biodiversity management has an insurance value to risk-averse users of ecosystem services. We analyze a conceptual ecological … and external effects of management effort on biodiversity; and (iii) the welfare loss due to free-riding may decrease or …

This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth, biodiversity loss and efforts to conserve … biodiversity using a combination of panel and cross section data. If economic growth is a cause of biodiversity loss through … associated with increasing real demand for biodiversity conservation, then investment to protect remaining diversity should grow …

values, carbon sequestration and biodiversity or scenic values. We solve the model qualitatively with general functions and … sequestration may have negative impacts on biodiversity-scenic values. To evaluate the practical relevance, we compare …

constant degradation, resource depletion, global warming and loss of biodiversity. This is also because non-marketable services …

hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified … where use and non-use values are highest, which includes North America. -- Forest ; Ecosystem Services ; Biodiversity …

hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified …