v, 80 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, color photographs ;
29 cm +
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
"March 2008."
Also available on the World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).
Introduction -- Framing the link between development and ecosystem services -- Assessing risks and opportunities related to ecosystem services -- Exploring future trends in ecosystem services -- Choosing policies to sustain ecosystem services -- An ecosystem services approach for reconciling development and nature.
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Presents various methods that use ecosystem service--the benefits of nature such as food, fuel, natural hazard protection, pollination, and spiritual sustenance--to enable decision makers to link ecosystems and economic development.