The Sargasso Sea ecosystem generates a variety of goods and services that benefit people. These goods and services, often referred to as ecosystem services, provide some outputs that are directly ...

Many rural households derive a variety of direct use goods and services from wetland ecosystems in many countries, and as such wetlands are their pillar to livelihoods. The contribution of wetlands to ...

The study on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity has highlighted the importance of better understanding the economic value of ecosystem services. WWF and the Institute for European ...

Two sites around Bach Long Vi Island (North Vietnam) and Tho Chu islands (South Vietnam) were selected to perform an economic valuation index analysis for the sustainability assessment of insular ...

Chhattisgarh has become the first state in India to initiate the valuation of ecosystem services as part of its economic framework. This effort, aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ...

The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions. By Lydia DePillis Forests that keep hillsides from eroding and ...

The Arctic holds significant economic value due to its natural resources and ecosystem services, which are becoming more accessible as ice melts. Economic values of Arctic resources were estimated by ...

Report highlights close link between economic development and the state of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The cost of not acting now to stem runaway nature loss is high, with poorer countries ...