Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada - ARCHIVED

Articles and reports: 16-201-X201300011875

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The article "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada" presents preliminary results achieved through a two-year interdepartmental project to develop experimental ecosystem accounts and the required statistical infrastructure. It provides an overview of ecosystem accounting and valuation and presents several measures of the quantity and quality of ecosystems and ecosystem goods and services (EGS). These measures focus on land cover, human landscape modification, ecosystem potential of the boreal forest, biomass extraction, marine and coastal EGS, and wetland EGS. The report also includes a case study on the Thousand Islands National Park exploring monetary valuation of EGS and concludes with a research agenda for future work on this topic.

Issue Number: 2013000
Author(s): Adams, Pat; Bordt, Michael; Doyle, Marlene; Filoso, Giuseppe; Gagnon, Gabriel; Henry, Mark; Malouin, Christian; Marsden, Dale; Rice, Jake; Soulard, François; Wang, Jennie
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