Field evidence that ecosystem service projects support biodiversity and diversify options.

ABSTRACT: Ecosystem service approaches to conservation are being championed as a new strategy for conservation, under the hypothesis that they will broaden and deepen support for biodiversity protection. Where traditional approaches focus on setting aside land by purchasing property rights, ecosystem service approaches aim to engage a much wider range of places, people, policies, and financial resources in conservation. This is particularly important given projected intensification of human impacts, with rapid growth in population size and individual aspirations. Here we use field research on 34 ecosystem service (ES) projects and 26 traditional biodiversity (BD) projects from the Western Hemisphere to test whether ecosystem service approaches show signs of realizing their putative potential. We fin

SUBMITTER: Goldman RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2453743 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature