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BL
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969508
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b723878
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| Title & Author
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Ecosystem services : : a guide for decision makers /\ Janet Ranganathan [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, DC :: World Resources Institute,, 2008.
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v, 80 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, color photographs ;; 29 cm ++ 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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| ISBN
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1569736693
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: 9781569736692
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| Notes
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"March 2008."
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Also available on the World Wide Web.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Framing the link between development and ecosystem services -- Assessing risks and opportunities related to ecosystem services -- Exploring future trends in ecosystem services -- Choosing policies to sustain ecosystem services -- An ecosystem services approach for reconciling development and nature.
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| Abstract
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Presents various methods that use ecosystem service--the benefits of nature such as food, fuel, natural hazard protection, pollination, and spiritual sustenance--to enable decision makers to link ecosystems and economic development.
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Environmental policy.
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Natural resources-- Management.
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Political planning-- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Environmental policy.
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Natural resources-- Management.
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Political planning-- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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| LC Classification
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HC79.E5E29 2008
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Ranganathan, Janet,1962-
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World Resources Institute.
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