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Nature's Services - Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems (Paperback, 4th Ed.)
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Nature's Services - Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems (Paperback, 4th Ed.)
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Life itself as well as the entire human economy depends on goods
and services provided by earth's natural systems. The processes of
cleansing, recycling, and renewal, along with goods such as
seafood, forage, and timber, are worth many trillions of dollars
annually, and nothing could live without them. Yet growing human
impacts on the environment are profoundly disrupting the
functioning of natural systems and imperiling the delivery of these
services."Nature's Services" brings together world-renowned
scientists from a variety of disciplines to examine the character
and value of ecosystem services, the damage that has been done to
them, and the consequent implications for human society.
Contributors including Paul R. Ehrlich, Donald Kennedy, Pamela A.
Matson, Robert Costanza, Gary Paul Nabhan, Jane Lubchenco, Sandra
Postel, and Norman Myers present a detailed synthesis of our
current understanding of a suite of ecosystem services and a
preliminary assessment of their economic value. Chapters consider:
major services including climate regulation, soil fertility,
pollination, and pest control philosophical and economic issues of
valuation case studies of specific ecosystems and services
implication of recent findings and steps that must be taken to
address the most pressing concerns "Nature's Services" represents
one of the first efforts by scientists to provide an overview of
the many benefits and services that nature offers to people and the
extent to which we are all vitally dependent on those services. The
book enhances our understanding of the value of the natural systems
that surround us and can play an essential role in encouraging
greater efforts to protect the earth's basiclife-support systems
before it is too late.
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