Donor values in emergy assessment of ecosystem services

Erik Grönlund, Morgan Fröling and Inga Carlman

Ecological Modelling, 2015, vol. 306, issue C, 101-105

Abstract: There are currently many definitions of ecosystem services in use. Common for them is an aim to visualize contributions, assets and costs not traditionally covered by market valuations, thus often giving the ecosystems much lower value than their importance to economy. Emergy accounting, with its approach of donor values in contrast to receiver or market values, is one approach to assess contributions from the ecosystems and increase our understanding of the values of ecosystem services.

Keywords: Receiver valuation; Donor valuation; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; TEEB (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.10.011

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