Ecosystem Services as a Boundary Concept: Arguments from Social Ecology
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Ecosystem Services as a Boundary Concept: Arguments from Social Ecology
Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the interdependencies between society and nature. Despite several years of conceptual discussions, some challenges of the ES concept are far from being resolved. In particular, the usefulness of the concept for nature protection is questioned, and a strong critique is expressed concerning its contribution towards the neoliberal commodification of nature. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su9071107