There is growing support for characterizing ecosystem services in order to link conservation and human well-being. However, few studies have explicitly included ecosystem services within systematic conservation planning, and those that have follow two fundamentally different approaches: ecosystem services as intrinsically-important targeted benefits vs. substitutable co-benefits. We present a first comparison of these two approaches in a case study in the Central Interior of British Columbia. We calculated and mapped economic values for carbon storage, timber production, and recreational angling using a geographical information system (GIS).
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ecosystem-services-conservation-planning-targeted-benefits-vs-co-benefits-or-costs
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kai-m-chan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lara-hoshizaki
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/brian-klinkenberg
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
