Los servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de transformación agropecuaria intensiva
Summary
The text emphasizes that because humans extract ecological goods and services without fully realizing their value, formal evaluation is essential for developing conservation policies. It notes that the value of these services is not reflected in market prices, making their estimation critical for assessing the relative vulnerability of various biomes, ecoregions, and ecosystems to current or potential land-use changes.
Key insights
- The evaluation of ecological services is an essential tool for creating conservation policies because humans often extract these goods and services without being fully aware of their value.
- Evaluating ecological services remains a challenge because their actual value is not reflected in market prices.
- Estimating the value of ecological services is necessary to determine how vulnerable different biomes, ecoregions, and ecosystems are to potential or current changes in land use.
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- APA
- Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Los servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de transformación agropecuaria intensiva. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-areas-de-transformacion-agropecuaria-intensiva/
- Chicago
- Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Los servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de transformación agropecuaria intensiva. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-areas-de-transformacion-agropecuaria-intensiva/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=Los servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de transformación agropecuaria intensiva |date=17 January 2025 |url=https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-areas-de-transformacion-agropecuaria-intensiva/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025los, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Los servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de transformación agropecuaria intensiva}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-areas-de-transformacion-agropecuaria-intensiva/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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