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Biodiversity’s option value: A comment on Maier (2018)

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Faith, D.P. Biodiversity’s option value: A comment on Maier (2018). Ambio 47, 735–736 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1069-0

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Keywords

  • Option Value
  • Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  • Single Biggest Threat
  • Current Benefits
  • Biotic Diversity

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