Legal aspects of ecosystem services: An introduction and an overview

Volker Mauerhofer

Ecosystem Services, 2018, vol. 29, issue PB, 185-189

Abstract: This introductory contribution to a Special Issue (SI) titled “Legal Aspects of Ecosystem Services” intends to provide both a short introduction on the SI-topic as well as a brief overview on the content of each paper therein. The introduction aims to provide an overall entry point into the topic from a legal as well as an interdisciplinary perspective. It first offers initial insights into the relationship between the rule of law as one socially constructed normative framework and ecosystem services. Furthermore, it also points out interrelations among rule-focused, economic-focused and information-focused incentives, all with the potential to influence human behaviour with regard to ecosystem services.

Keywords: Ecosystem services; Law and legal institution; Regulation and norm; Economic and information incentives; Binding enforcement and compliance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.002

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