| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Strategic environmental assessment as a tool to mainstream ecosystem services in planning / Davide Geneletti -- Lessons for mainstreaming ecosystem services into policy and practice from South Africa / Nadia Sitas, Jeanne Nel and Belinda Reyers -- Linking growth and natural capital in the Republic of Kazakhstan : a case study of Aral Sea / Terry Roe and Rodney Smith -- Mapping the cultural services of ecosystems and heritage sites in the Usumacinta floodplain in Mexico / Andrea Ghermandi and Vera Camacho-Valdez -- Building consensus through assessment evidence from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile / Bernardo Broitman, Eric Sproles, Craig Weideman, Sonia Salas, Cristian Geldes, Antonia Zambra, Leticia González-Silvestre and Lorena Bugueño -- Integrating natural capital and ecosystem services into policy and decision making in Trinidad and Tobago / John Agard, Lena Dempewolf, Maurice Andres Rawlins, Carl Obst, Carlos L. Muñoz Brenes and Shirley Murillo Ulate and Keisha Garcia -- Nature's services facilitate national green growth strategy : Vietnam 2025 / Nguyen Van Tai, Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc, Michael Parsons, Jana Juhrbandt, Tran Thi Thu Ha, Tran Trung Kien, Gregg Michael Verutes, Ngo Chi Hung and Le Thi Le Quyen -- The contribution of forest ecosystems in the Tanzanian economy / Babatunde Abidoye and Eric Mungatana -- Natural capital and GDP of the poor in Vietnam / Pavan Sukhdev and Kaavya Varma -- Natural capital and the rate of discount / Anil Markandya |
| Summary |
"This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries. Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Development Policy is designed to help decision makers at all levels, including governments, businesses, multilevel development banks and individuals, integrate ecosystems and their services into their decision making"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Pushpam Kumar is Chief Environmental Economist and Senior Economic Advisor, UN Environment Programme. He works on the issues of Inclusive Wealth Index, Natural Capital, Climate Change, Environmental Burden of Disease, Human Capital and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Ecosystem services -- Developing countries
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Economic development -- Developing countries
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Environmental policy -- Developing countries
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Sustainable development -- Developing countries
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Decision making -- Developing countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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Decision making.
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Economic development.
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Ecosystem services.
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Environmental policy.
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Sustainable development.
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Developing countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumar, Pushpam, editor.
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| LC no. |
2019980390 |
| ISBN |
1315531216 |
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9781315531205 |
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9781315531199 |
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1315531194 |
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9781315531182 |
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1315531208 |
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1315531186 |
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9781315531212 |
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