"Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services is critical to promoting human welfare and sustainable development …

Introduction -- Theory and concepts of economic valuation -- Definitions, measures and ecological value of biodiversity … -- Excursus : biodiversity value in environmental ethics -- State of the art in economic valuation of biodiversity -- Conceptual … framework for economic valuation of biodiversity -- A look back and a look ahead …

From Drivers to States, Two examples -- Summary -- Possible ways for linking biodiversity indicators with economic … models -- Biodiversity indicators: Three examples -- Preface -- -- References -- Starting point -- Glossary -- Conclusions …Is it posible linking biodiversity to macro economic models, thereby increasing our understanding of how economic …