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| Pendleton, Linwood H.; Thebaud, Olivier; Mongruel, Remi; Levrel, Harold. |
| In 1997, Robert Costanza and his colleagues published a groundbreaking study [1] that estimated the monetary value of the contribution of the world's ecosystems to human wellbeing. The methods used were cited as preliminary and received considerable criticism [2] and [3]. In two more recent peer-reviewed studies [4] and [5], the authors update the original estimates of ecosystem service value and find: (1) that original per area ecosystem service values were underestimated and (2) using these revised per area values, the total global value of ecosystem services has declined. Just under ninety-five percent of the estimated loss in ecosystem service value comes from revisions by the authors in the value estimates of marine ecosystem services. These revisions... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Marine ecosystem services; Global value; Aggregate values. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00300/41098/40271.pdf |
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