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Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services:
A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed
Edited by:
Bradford S. Gentry,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Quint Newcomer,
Director, UGA Costa Rica, Athens, Georgia
Shimon C. Anisfeld,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Michael A. Fotos, III,
Department of Public Policy, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Exciting opportunities await the use of market mechanisms for protecting forest ecosystems. However, questions remain on how to best apply these mechanisms. Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed provides an integrated, interdisciplinary methodological approach for evaluating market opportunities for watershed services, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity protection. Using the Panama Canal Watershed as a case study example, this probing resource addresses the main questions often asked about the various practical aspects of the emerging markets for ecosystem services, including quantifying value, payment structure, and equitable distribution of benefits.
Environmental issues are often at odds with economic and business concerns. Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services examines practical strategies to integrate diverse aspects into coherent strategies that benefit all. A scientific overview of the science and current knowledge provides a solid foundation to build policy and positive direction using the Panama Canal Watershed as an example. This unique resource sheds useful light on the challenges and provides insightful recommendations for areas struggling with ecosystem issues and the application of market mechanisms.
Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed is a valuable resource for land management professionals, educators, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Publication Date: November 13, 2007.
Available: Available Fall 2007.
Price: $148.00 hard cover
ISBN: 978-1-56022-173-9
Pages: Approx. 426 pp. with Index.
Web: http://www.HaworthPress.com/store/product.asp?sku=6073.
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