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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 … and drivers determining the supply of ES in a specific coastal region. Main ES are identified and their spatial and …

… and wetlands. 15 These ecosystems support plant and animal biodiversity, but also provide goods and services that … and discharge • Reduced flood peaks and storm damage • Coastal protection • Slope stability • Protection of soil by … and human-made pollutants into lakes, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters. Non-use values A component of Total Economic …

… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … generates 80 per cent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. Coastal development, rapid urbanization, and large-scale … by existing environmental policies (pertaining to forests, coastal zones, biodiversity, wet- lands, protected areas, …