报告题目: |
全球变化科学紫荆论坛66Valuing Nature's Benefit: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Decisions |
报告人: |
Ma Shan |
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报告时间: |
2013-05-17 10:00 |
报告地点: |
伟清楼610会议室 |
主办单位: |
地球系统科学研究中心 |
简介: |
摘要：People are making conservation and development decisions separately, and therefore are not incorporating environmental benefits into those decisions. Without properly acknowledging these benefits, we risk losing them. By focusing conservation on the protection of ecosystem services - the goods and services people get from nature - we can protect investments in property, infrastructure, and the environment while promoting human well-being. The Natural Capital Project (NatCap), an innovative partnership among Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund and the University of Minnesota, has developed a set of science-based approaches and software tools that estimate the value of biodiversity and services provided by nature in a spatially-explicit manner. Accounting for these ecosystem services can clarify the tradeoffs between alternative development scenarios and help people make more informed decisions on how to use their lands and waters. These approaches and tools have been applied in more than 20 major projects worldwide. This seminar will introduce the NatCap approaches and three demonstration projects that have facilitated the incorporation of ecosystem services into resource management and land use decisions.
主讲人简介：Dr. Shan Ma is an economist working with the Natural Capital Project (www.naturalcapitalproject.org) at Stanford University, USA. Her research interests focus on valuation of ecosystem services and its policy implications. She earned a doctoral degree in environmental and resource economics from Michigan State University, and a bachelor's degree in environmental economics and management from Renmin University of China. Shan Ma was a science policy fellow at the United States National Academies prior to joining the Natural Capital Project. |
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