Economic valuation and the commodification of ecosystem services
Ecosystem services
Années 2000 ; Bibliographie ; Biodiversité ; Concept ; Ecosystème ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Gouvernance ; Marchandisation ; Relation société-environnement ; Service ; Valeur économique
Bibliography ; Biodiversity ; Commodification ; Concept ; Economic value ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Service ; Society-environment relationship ; The 2000's
This paper revisits the controversy on economic valuation of ecosystem services in the light of 2 aspects that are often neglected in ongoing debates. First, the role of the particular institutional setup in which environmental policy and governance
the institutional setup and broader sociopolitical processes that have become prominent since the late 1980s economic valuation is likely to pave the way for the commodification of ecosystem services with potentially counterproductive effects in the long term
for biodiversity conservation and equity of access to ecosystem services benefits.