On the usefulness of ecosystem services evaluations

J. A. Belmontes; A. López Pintor; M. A. Rodríguez; A. Gómez-Sal

doi:10.3989/pirineos.1997.v149-150.131

On the usefulness of ecosystem services evaluations

Authors

J. A. Belmontes Area de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá
A. López Pintor Area de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá
M. A. Rodríguez Area de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá
A. Gómez-Sal Area de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.1997.v149-150.131

Keywords:

Ecological Economics, conservation Ecology, conservationist debate

Abstract

A ground breaking paper by COSTANZA et al. published in Nature this year has led to an intense debate about the potential, and convenience of making economical valuations of the services provided by ecosystems. This debate has been encouraged by the journal, by giving Internet free access to the paper, as well as by the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) and the Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF) who had co-exponsored an Online Forum offering the possibility to submit opinions to their web site. In the present work, we resume and analyse these opinions. In spite of potentially enormous technical difficulties, and strong ethic arguments against it, many consider worth the effort to deep into the economical value of the services provided by ecosystems. It is considered that this kind of valuations can become important ingredients of the conservationist debate, since monetary value is a measure that can be understood by the society as a whole.

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Published

1997-12-30

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Belmontes, J. A., López Pintor, A., Rodríguez, M. A., & Gómez-Sal, A. (1997). On the usefulness of ecosystem services evaluations. Pirineos, 149-150, 145–152. https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.1997.v149-150.131

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Vol. 149-150 (1997)

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NO_SECCION_CON_RESUMEN

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