Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services

Complete Title
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

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Language(s)
English
Description

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging. This document provides guidance for practitioners on existing tools that can be applied to measure or model ES provided by important sites for biodiversity and nature conservation, including Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), natural World Heritage sites (WHS), and protected areas (PAs). Selecting an appropriate tool requires identifying the specific question being addressed, what sorts of results or outputs are required, and consideration of practical factors such as the level of expertise, time and data required for applying any given tool. This guide builds on existing reviews of ES assessment tools, but has an explicit focus on assessing ES for sites of importance for biodiversity and nature conservation. 

ISBN
978-2-8317-1917-7
978-2-8317-1920-7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.PAG.28.en
Editor(s)
Imprint
Gland, Switzerland : IUCN, 2018
Edition
1
Physical Description
x, 70p. : ill., maps
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Bibliographic level
Monograph/item
Physical medium
Printed
PDF
Number of library copies
2