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… 5 Valuing ecosystem services – a commoditization of biodiversity? … 14 List of Abbreviations BBOP Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme CDM Clean Development … challenge that ecoagriculture is designed to address: the loss of biodiversity and the increase in demand for …

… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … Allocation Market risk, party risk, and risk of innocent loss are the most significant risks that require regulation … shown, despite their importance to human well-being and biodiversity the world’s freshwater ecosystems and the …

… and wetlands. 15 These ecosystems support plant and animal biodiversity, but also provide goods and services that … value (US$/km2/year) area protected from flooding • Soil loss (kg/ha/year) • Sediment storage (kg/ha/year) • … 2 - 2000 Microclimate stabilization 10 Supporting services Biodiversity conservation 0.6 - 3600 Cultural and amenity …