What are coral reef services worth? $130,000 to $1.2 million / ht / yr: Experts
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 03:49
in Earth & Climate
Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference today in Cape Town described preliminary research revealing jaw-dropping dollar values of the ?ecosystem services? of biomes like forests and coral reefs -- including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation. Undertaken to help societies make better-informed choices, the economic research shows a single hectare