Emerging markets for ecosystem services; a case study of the Panama Canal Watershed.9781560221739 Emerging markets for ecosystem services Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by natural ecosystems. Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like clean drinking water and processes like the decomposition of wastes. ; a case study of the Panama Canal Panama Canal, waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic (by way of the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific oceans, built by the United States (1904–14) on territory leased from the republic of Panama. Watershed. Ed. by Bradford S. Gentry et al. Haworth Food & Agric. Products 2007 387 pages $148.00 Hardcover SD387 The editors collaborated on a Yale School of Forestry course examining the science, business, and policy issues involved in markets for ecosystem services as demonstrated in the Panama Canal watershed. The 14 articles collected here were authored by students (with some additions by the editors) and address services dealing with carbon, water, and biodiversity. Specific examples include carbon sequestration sequestration In law, a writ authorizing a law-enforcement official to take into custody the property of a defendant in order to enforce a judgment or to preserve the property until a judgment is rendered. supply and demand, policy alternatives for improving markets for water quality and quantity, bioprospecting, and sustainable tourism There are many different definitions of sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism in its purest sense, is an industry which attempts to make a low impact on the environment and local culture, while helping to generate income and employment for locals, as well as to promote the . ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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