Nature's Services Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems

Name: Nature's Services Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
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ISBN: 9781559634762

ISBN-10: 1559634766

ISBN-13: 9781559634762

Edition: 4th 1997

Authors: Gretchen Cara Daily, Sandra Postel, Kamaljit Bawa, Les Kaufman, Charles H. Peterson

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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 Servicesbrings 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.…

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List price: $52.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 2/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 413
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Karen L. McLeod is the Director of Science for the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS) at Oregon State University. Heather M. Leslie is the Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology at Brown University.



Contributors


Preface



Perspectives on Nature's Services




Introduction: What Are Ecosystem Services?




Ecosystem Services: A Fragmentary History




Valuing Ecosystem Services: Philosophical Bases and Empirical Methods




Valuing Ecosystem Services with Efficiency, Fairness, and Sustainability as Goals




The Interaction of Climate and Life




Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning




Ecosystem Services Supplied by Soil




Services Provided by Pollinators




Natural Pest Control Services and Agriculture




Marine Ecosystem Services




Freshwater Ecosystem Services




The World's Forests and Their Ecosystem Services




Ecosystem Services in Grasslands




Biodiversity's Genetic Library




Impacts of Marine Resource Extraction on Ecosystem Services and Sustainability




Ecosystem Services in Subsistence Economies and Conservation of Biodiversity




Ecosystem Services in a Modern Economy: Gunnison County, Colorado




Water Quality Improvement by Wetlands




Services Supplied by South African Fynbos Ecosystems




Valuing and Safeguarding Earth's Life-Support Systems



Index