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1 Costanza, R.; Farber, S. C.; Maxwell, J. 1989. Valuation and management of wetland ecosystems. Ecological Economics, 1(4):335-361.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5183 Record No: H024675)
2 Costanza, R.; Sklar, F. H. 1985. Articulation, accuracy and effectiveness of mathematical models: A review of freshwater wetland applications. Ecological Modelling, 27:45-68.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5879 Record No: H028958)
3 Balmford, A.; Bruner, A.; Cooper, P.; Costanza, R.; Farber, S.; Green, R. E.; Jenkins, M.; Jefferiss, P.; Jessamy, V.; Madden, J.; Munro, K.; Myers, N.; Naeem, S.; Paavola, J.; Rayment, M.; Rosendo, S.; Roughgarden, J.; Trumper, K.; Turner, R. K. 2002. Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science, 297:950-953.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6101 Record No: H030790)
4 Costanza, R.; d’Arge, R.; de Groot, R.; Farber, S.; Grasso, M.; Hannon, B.; Limburg, K.; Naeem, S.; O’Neill, R. V.; Paruelo, J.; Raskin, R. G.; Sutton, P.; van den Belt, M. 1997. The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature, 387:253-260.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6142 Record No: H031003)
5 Rapport, D. J.; Costanza, R.; McMichael, A. J. 1998. Assessing ecosystem health. Tree, 13(10):397-402.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6479 Record No: H032781)
6 Arrow, K.; Bolin, B.; Costanza, R.; Dasgupta, P.; Folke, C.; Holling, C. S.; Jansson, B. O.; Levin, S.; M„ler, K. G.; Perrings, C.; Pimentel, D. 1995. Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment. Science, 268:520-521.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6505 Record No: H032756)
7 Costanza, R.; Cumberland, J. H.; Daly, H.; Goodland, R.; Norgaard, R. B.; Kubiszewski, I.; Franco, C. 2015. An introduction to ecological economics. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. 337p.
Environmental economics ; Economic development ; Ecology ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity ; Natural environment ; Sustainable development ; Gross national product ; Environmental policy ; Environmental organizations ; Regulations ; Pollution control ; User charges ; Trade policy ; Population ; Social welfare
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577 G000 COS Record No: H046862)
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8 Costanza, R.. 2020. Valuing natural capital and ecosystem services toward the goals of efficiency, fairness, and sustainability. Ecosystem Services, 43:101096. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101096]
Payments for ecosystem services ; Natural capital ; Efficiency ; Sustainability ; Valuation ; Property rights ; Economic aspects ; Communities ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049686)
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Ecosystem services (ES) are the ecological characteristics, functions, or processes that directly or indirectly contribute to sustainable human wellbeing. The ecosystems that provide the services are ‘natural capital’ (NC) using the general definition of capital as a stock that yields a flow of services over time. But these concepts must be embedded in a whole systems view of the interdependencies between humans and the rest of nature, as espoused by ecological economics from its inception. Valuing NC and ES is therefore about assessing their contributions (in complex interaction with built, human, and social capital) toward the goal of sustainable wellbeing of the whole system of humans and the rest of nature. This recognizes that sustainable human wellbeing cannot be achieved without the wellbeing of the rest of nature. To achieve this, an integrated approach to valuation toward the three sub-goals of efficient allocation (E-value), fair distribution (F-value) and sustainable scale (S-value) is necessary. This article reviews these ideas, and discusses an agenda to improve understanding and valuation of NC and ES toward the goals of efficiency, fairness, and sustainability in a dynamic, whole systems context.
9 Gonzalez-Chang, M.; Wratten, S. D.; Shields, M. W.; Costanza, R.; Dainese, M.; Gurr, G. M.; Johnson, J.; Karp, D. S.; Ketelaar, J. W.; Nboyine, J.; Pretty, J.; Rayl, R.; Sandhu, H.; Walker, M.; Zhou, W. 2020. Understanding the pathways from biodiversity to agro-ecological outcomes: a new, interactive approach. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 301:107053. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107053]
Agroecology ; Biodiversity ; Agricultural systems ; Intensification ; Sustainability ; Ecosystem services ; Food security ; Policy making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049858)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880920302383/pdfft?md5=1ecde1cd3dadc2bf058dd70d5b81b1a6&pid=1-s2.0-S0167880920302383-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049858.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049858.pdf
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The adoption of agro-ecological practices in agricultural systems worldwide can contribute to increased food production without compromising future food security, especially under the current biodiversity loss and climate change scenarios. Despite the increase in publications on agro-ecological research and practices during the last 35 years, a weak link between that knowledge and changed farmer practices has led to few examples of agro-ecological protocols and effective delivery systems to agriculturalists. In an attempt to reduce this gap, we synthesised the main concepts related to biodiversity and its functions by creating a web-based interactive spiral (www.biodiversityfunction.com). This tool explains and describes a pathway for achieving agro-ecological outcomes, starting from the basic principle of biodiversity and its functions to enhanced biodiversity on farms. Within this pathway, 11 key steps are identified and sequentially presented on a web platform through which key players (farmers, farmer networks, policy makers, scientists and other stakeholders) can navigate and learn. Because in many areas of the world the necessary knowledge needed for achieving the adoption of particular agro-ecological techniques is not available, the spiral approach can provide the necessary conceptual steps needed for obtaining and understanding such knowledge by navigating through the interactive pathway. This novel approach aims to improve our understanding of the sequence from the concept of biodiversity to harnessing its power to improve prospects for ‘sustainable intensification’ of agricultural systems worldwide.
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