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Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems

Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems

Daily, Gretchen Cara
Postel, Sandra
Bawa, Kamaljit

Paperback

Environmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1559634766
ISBN13: 9781559634762
Publisher: Island Press
Published: Feb 1 1997
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Life itself as well as the entire human economy depends on goods and services provided by earth's natural systems. The processes of cleansing, recycling, and renewal, along with goods such as seafood, forage, and timber, are worth many trillions of dollars annually, and nothing could live without them. Yet growing human impacts on the environment are profoundly disrupting the functioning of natural systems and imperiling the delivery of these services.

Nature's Services brings together world-renowned scientists from a variety of disciplines to examine the character and value of ecosystem services, the damage that has been done to them, and the consequent implications for human society. Contributors including Paul R. Ehrlich, Donald Kennedy, Pamela A. Matson, Robert Costanza, Gary Paul Nabhan, Jane Lubchenco, Sandra Postel, and Norman Myers present a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of a suite of ecosystem services and a preliminary assessment of their economic value. Chapters consider:

major services including climate regulation, soil fertility, pollination, and pest control

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