Incorporating environmental costs of ecosystem service loss in political decision making: A synthesis of monetary values for Germany.

Germany faces on-going degradation and biodiversity loss. As a consequence, goods and services provided by biodiversity for human well-being, so-called ecosystem services, are being lost. The associated economic costs and benefits are often unknown. To fill this gap, we conducted a literature review...

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Main Authors: Johannes Förster, Stefan Schmidt, Bartosz Bartkowski, Nele Lienhoop, Christian Albert, Heidi Wittmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211419