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Science 21 July 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5478, pp. 395 - 396
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5478.395
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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY:
The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value

Gretchen C. Daily,* Tore Söderqvist, Sara Aniyar, Kenneth Arrow, Partha Dasgupta, Paul R. Ehrlich, Carl Folke, AnnMari Jansson, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Nils Kautsky, Simon Levin, Jane Lubchenco, Karl-Göran Mäler, David Simpson, David Starrett, David Tilman, Brian Walker

Ecosystems are capital assets: When properly managed, they yield a flow of vital goods and services. Relative to other forms of capital, however, ecosystems are poorly understood, scarcely monitored, and--in many important cases--undergoing rapid degradation. The process of economic valuation could greatly improve stewardship. This potential is now being realized with innovative financial instruments and institutional arrangements.

All authors are affiliated with the Beijer Institute, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. E-mail: gdaily{at}leland.stanford.edu

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Costs of Environmental Protection
Brian Czech
Science Online, 17 Oct 2000 [Full text]
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