Economic valuation can help improve decisions about protecting the environment . By inputing values to unpriced goods, it can make public choices more cost-effi

As the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss, the resources needed far outstrip the capabilities of nonprofits and e

The context of economic valuation; What is economic valuation? Valuation and discounting the future; Valuation in practice.

Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to for

"The international community has committed itself to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional,