This appendix provides technical details on the modeling of production function approaches to valuing aquatic ecosystems discussed in Chapter 4. The general production function (PF) approach of ...

Economics and the problems facing the earth are intertwined. Human economic activity has caused global warming and a biodiversity preservation crisis. Graduate School of Human Development and ...

A survey of philosophers finds they broadly agree with economists on the best way of valuing the environment of the future in policy decisions made now -- although for different reasons. A survey of ...

The Dominican Republic has a national system of protected areas integrated for 128 conservation units, covering a land area of 1.2 million hectares, representing around one-quarter of the country's ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...