Ecosystem services and damage costs of federal lands: Case study of Gila National Forest, USA'
Keywords:
Ecosystem services, Gila National Forest, federal landsAbstract
Protected lands provide a wide range of ecosystem services and other benefits to multiple stakeholders across all scales, from local to global. This paper uses Gila National Forest (New Mexico, USA) as a case study to show the value of these ecosystem services and the damage costs associated with removing its protection from development. Total values for ecosystem services ranged from $2,208References
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