Sammanfattning

The concept of ecosystem services is a way of visualizing the instrumental value that nature has for human beings. Most ecosystem services can be performed by more than one species. This fact is sometimes used as an argument against the preservation of species. However, even though substitutability does detract from the instrumental value of a species, it also adds option value to it. The option value cannot make a substitutable species as instrumentally. valuable as a non-substitutable species, but in many cases, it can add enough value to make the species more valuable than the projects that threaten its existence.

Nyckelord

ecosystem services; philosophy

Publicerad i

Environmental Ethics
2016, Volym: 38, nummer: 2, sidor: 165-181
Utgivare: ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY INC

SLU författare

• Persson, Erik

  • Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Etik


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201638214

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/89106