Changes in ecosystem service benefit in Soma lignite region of Turkey

Alper Demirbugan

Resources Policy, 2019, vol. 64, issue C

Abstract: Throughout the mining cycle, which includes exploration, operation, enrichment and closure stages, the ecosystems and services such as forests and wetlands, which form the other part of natural capital with the ore deposit, undergo significant changes. Today, mining and rehabilitation activities are progressing synchronously. In this study, the ‘ecosystem services valuation approach’ is first discussed in the theoretical framework. Later, the net benefits of ecosystem services and change profile emerged in the historical process is examined in the Soma coal region located in the western part of Turkey, where one-quarter of the lignite coal production of the country is carried out. This study aims to determine the change in the ecosystem benefit arising during the mining and rehabilitation process.

Keywords: Ecosystem valuation; Ecosystem service benefit; Natural capital; Total economic value; Ecosystem change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101522

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