TY - CHAP
T1 - Value of biodiversity and ecosystem services in South Asia and India
T2 - past, present and future
AU - Markandya, A
PY - 2015/7/20
Y1 - 2015/7/20
N2 - South Asia (SASIA) is endowed with a number of biomes that contain valuable biodiversity and provide ecosystem services of special significance to poor rural communities. The paper looks at trends in mean species abundance adjusted estimates of land areas under different biomes: ice and tundra, grassland and steppe, scrubland and savannah and three types of forests: boreal, temperate and tropical. Changes in these areas from 1900 to 2000 are assessed and valued and projections are made to 2050. Finally the current values and future values of services provided by forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs are presented for India alone.
AB - South Asia (SASIA) is endowed with a number of biomes that contain valuable biodiversity and provide ecosystem services of special significance to poor rural communities. The paper looks at trends in mean species abundance adjusted estimates of land areas under different biomes: ice and tundra, grassland and steppe, scrubland and savannah and three types of forests: boreal, temperate and tropical. Changes in these areas from 1900 to 2000 are assessed and valued and projections are made to 2050. Finally the current values and future values of services provided by forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs are presented for India alone.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84956475260&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6_15
U2 - 10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6_15
DO - 10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6_15
M3 - Chapter or section
AN - SCOPUS:84956475260
SN - 9788132225409
T3 - India Stuides in Business and Economics
SP - 315
EP - 350
BT - Development in India
A2 - Mahendra Dev, S.
A2 - Mabu, P. G.
PB - Springer India
CY - India
ER -
