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… 5 4 IUCNAEL EJournal THE VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: ARE THE CHALLENGES TOO MANY TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY? FROUKJE MARIA PLATJOUW* One of the key … production, recreation and building on the other hand. One approach to address this challenge is to ascribe a value to …

… of a single species, to a count of the number of major ecosystem-types in a whole ocean. In addition to the problem … diversity, yet are critical to the function of the marine ecosystem as a whole. It is, therefore, important that (high) … current state of knowledge, consequently a precautionary approach is advisable. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), marine …

… but the fact that IUCN- WCPA could agree on a basic approach has undoubtedly had an enormous influence on the way … areas - 2nd edition Ecological Socio-economic and cultural Ecosystem services/ functions Catchment management and water … mitigation Clean air/pollution mitigation Biodiversity Ecosystem level Species level (rare and threatened, indicator …

… challenges associated with developing a generally-accepted approach and set of indicators for business to measure, value … of their activities on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services; b. the direct and indirect impacts of their activities on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services; c. their commitment and their action …