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Ecosystem Services - Key Issues (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Ecosystem Services - Key Issues (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability
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Revised and fully updated, this textbook provides a detailed yet
accessible introduction to the key aspects of ecosystem services.
Ecosystem services is one of the most powerful guiding principles
for ecology, biodiversity conservation and the management of
natural resources. It provides the basis of assessing the multiple
values and services that ecosystems can provide to humankind,
including diverse issues such as carbon sequestration, flood
control, crop pollination and aesthetic and cultural services. The
second edition of Ecosystem Services: Key Issues has been fully
revised and updated to address policy and scientific developments,
as well as new and emerging issues, such as nature-based solutions,
zoonotic diseases and environmental justice. It includes new and
updated case studies from across the world and each chapter
contains further reading, learning objectives and discussion
questions to aid student learning. The book details the historical
roots of ecosystem services in the second half of the twentieth
century, through initiatives such as the Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment, The Common International Classification of Ecosystem
Services (CICES) and the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. It shows how ecosystem goods and services can be categorised
and valued in economic as well as non-monetary terms, while also
highlighting some of the difficulties and limitations of valuation
techniques. The author describes how themes such as systems
thinking, social-ecological resilience and natural capital relate
to ecosystem services, and how these can contribute to more
sustainable and equitable development. This book will be essential
reading for students and scholars of ecosystem services, ecology,
environmental science, biodiversity conservation, environmental
economics, natural resource management and sustainable development.
It will also be of use to professionals and policymakers who are
looking to integrate ecosystems and their services into their
decision making processes.
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