Ojea, E and Martin-Ortega, J (2015) Understanding the economic value of water ecosystem services from tropical forests: A systematic review for South and Central America. Journal of Forest Economics, 21 (2). pp. 97-106. ISSN 1104-6899
Abstract
There is a well-established body of literature on monetary valuation of water ecosystem services to support the case for sustaining tropical forests. However, this literature is heterogeneous in its purposes and approaches and has not been carefully compared, providing a fragmented view of the values of forest water services. This paper addresses this knowledge gap through an orderly review and a regression meta-analysis of existing valuation studies at the regional level in South and Central America. This analysis allows identifying some factors that systematically influence forest values. However, it also reveals a lack of a systematized approach to valuation and a lack of sufficiently coherent evidence. This represents a barrier for the incorporation of the values of water ecosystem services into decision-making.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. Published by Elsevier GmbH. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Forest Economics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Extractive water supply; In-stream water supply; Latin America; Meta-analysis; Service users; Water services |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2016 14:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 04:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2015.02.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jfe.2015.02.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88181 |