Marine ecosystem goods and services
Schema della sezione
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Ecosystem functions and goods/services. Regulative functions, production functions, information functions. Examples: carbon sequestration, fisheries and global food supply, bioactive compounds, cultural services. Quantification of natural capital. Study cases: coral reefs tourism, fishery. Economic approaches. The economic value of main marine ecosystems. Problems in the economic approach. Brief outline of emergetic approach.
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