Re-establishing an ecological discourse in the policy debate over how to value ecosystems and biodiversity

Spash, Clive L.; Aslaksen, Iulie

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.049

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Re-establishing an ecological discourse in the policy debate over how to value ecosystems and biodiversity

Author(s): Clive L. Spash , Iulie Aslaksen

Publication date Created: August 2015

Publication date (Print): August 2015

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management

Publisher: Elsevier BV

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Economic reasons for conserving wild nature.

Andrew Balmford, Aaron Bruner, Philip Cooper … (2002)

On the eve of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, it is timely to assess progress over the 10 years since its predecessor in Rio de Janeiro. Loss and degradation of remaining natural habitats has continued largely unabated. However, evidence has been accumulating that such systems generate marked economic benefits, which the available data suggest exceed those obtained from continued habitat conversion. We estimate that the overall benefit:cost ratio of an effective global program for the conservation of remaining wild nature is at least 100:1.