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    Forest ecosystem services: Can they pay our way out of deforestation?

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    2002
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    Nasi, R.
    Wunder, Sven
    Campos, J.J.
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    The ecosystem services provided by forests are vital to humanity and cannot be fully replaced by technology. The services provided by forests are threatened and damaged by human activities, making restoration and protection imperative. Economic valuation of forest services is a useful tool, but has limitations and flaws. It is necessary to provide incentives for resource owners to make conservation more desirable than other alternative
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