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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44143-5_5
Title (Primary) Selected financial mechanisms: payments for ecosystem services and ecological fiscal transfers
Title (Secondary) Ecosystem services - concept, methods and case studies
Author Ring, I.; Mewes, M.
Publisher Grunewald, K.; Bastian, O.
Year 2015
Department OEKON
Page From 155
Page To 164
Language englisch
UFZ wide themes RU6;
Abstract The ecosystem service concept is closely linked to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity (MEA 2005a, b). By focusing on the direct and indirect benefits humans derive from nature the concept may bridge the gap between nature conservation and economic development and help mainstreamthe sustainable management of ecosystems and their services into public policies and private decisionmaking. However, it has been emphasised by most authors that biodiversity itself is not an ecosystem service, although there is evidence of a central role of biodiversity in the functioning and resilience of ecosystems (MEA 2005b; Elmqvist et al. 2010).
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=16594
Ring, I., Mewes, M. (2015):
Selected financial mechanisms: payments for ecosystem services and ecological fiscal transfers
In: Grunewald, K., Bastian, O. (eds.)
Ecosystem services - concept, methods and case studies
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 155 - 164 10.1007/978-3-662-44143-5_5