Conserving and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity : economic, institutional and social challenges / edited by K.N. Ninan ; with foreword by Dr Achim Steiner.

Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation -- Total economic valuation of endangered species : a summary and comparison of United States and rest of the world estimates / Leslie Richardson, John Loomis -- The economics of fish biodiversity : linkages between aquaculture and fisheries : some perspectives / Clem Tisdell -- Biodiversity conservation in sea areas beyond national jurisdiction : the economic problem / Charles Perrings -- Making the case for investing in natural ecosystems as development infrastructure : the economic value of biodiversity in Lao PDR / Lucy Emerton -- Non timber forest products and biodiversity conservation : a study of tribunals in a protected area in India / K. N. Ninan -- National parks as conservation and development projects : gauging local support / Randall A. Kramer, Erin O. Sills, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak -- Incentives and institutions -- Payments for ecosystem services : an international perspective / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Developing mechanisms for in situ biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes / Unai Pascual, Charles Perrings -- Institutional economics and the behaviour of conservation organizations : implications for biodiversity conservation / Clem Tisdell --

Governance -- An ecological economics approach to the management of a multi-purpose coastal wetlands / R. K. Turner, ... [and others] -- East African cheetah management via interacting political and ecological process models / Timothy C. Haas -- Co-management of protected areas : a case study from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia / Regina Birner, Marhawati Mappatoba -- IPRs and protection of indigenous knowledge -- Intellectual property rights and problems in the protection of indigenous knowledge : a case study of the Philippines legal reforms / Timothy Swanson, Ray Purdy, Ana Lea Uy -- Protecting traditional knowledge : a holistic approach based on customary laws and bio-cultural heritage / Krystyna Swiderska -- Climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem services -- Adaptation to climate change and livestock biodiversity : evidence from Kenya / Jane Kabubo-Mariara -- Socio-economic impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems and livelihoods : a case study of Southwestern Cameroon / Ernest L. Molua.

This book comprehensively addresses the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. It covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation in the context of diverse ecosystems such as tropical forests, marine areas, wetlands and agricultural landscapes, non-timber forest products, incentives and institutions, payments for ecosystem services, governance, intellectual property rights and the protection of traditional knowledge, management of protected areas, and climate change and biodiversity. It also covers the application of environmental economics and institutional economics to different cases and the use of techniques such as contingent valuation method and game theory. The book spans the globe with case studies drawn from a cross section of regions and continents including the UK, US, Europe, Australia, India, Africa and South America.