Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Dev... - 9780367776985

Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Development PolicyAuthor(s): Pushpam Kumar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367776985, 978-0367776985\nSynopsis\nThis book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries.\n\nThe development of the ecosystem services paradigm has enhanced our understanding of natural capital as an indispensable form of capital asset along with produced and human capital. This book addresses what could be the possible pathways to mainstream natural capital assets into development policies and what is currently known about the economic values of ecosystem services. A series of innovative tools to help policy makers and planners account for natural capital and ecosystem services in sectoral and macroeconomic policies have been explored and their appl.