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Article: Research from Open University in the area of science described.(Report)
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- Food Weekly Focus
- Article date:
- April 9, 2009
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"The ecosystem approach and evaluation of ecosystem services is gaining increasing attention from scientists, practitioners and policy makers. An important part of this process is to establish the 'value' of the nature-conservation assets within an area," scientists in Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom report.
"This value can then be compared with data for other ecosystem services to identify management priorities under different future scenarios. However, there is little consensus on how to perform such an evaluation. In this study, we assess seven methods of valuing nature-conservation interest and compare their utility. Five agricultural land drainage schemes ...