2003•Unpublished venueRequires access

Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services

Katherine Hawkins

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According to Mooney and Ehrlich (1997), the idea that humans depend on natural systems dates back as far as Plato, but the first modern publication that addresses this issue is Man and Nature by George Perkins Marsh in 1864. He realized that the world’s resources were not infinite, and was aware of the importance of natural systems to soil, water, climate, waste

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Key concepts: Ecosystem services, Valuation (finance), Ecosystem valuation, Natural resource economics, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management, Business, Economics