[PCA] NEWS: Scientists setting dollar value for ecosystem

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061101/sc_afp/environmenteconomysciencecanadaus_061101103950

Scientists setting dollar value for ecosystem

Wed Nov 1, 5:39 AM ET

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - A scientific model will answer questions like 
'what is a honeybee worth?' and measure the economic costs and benefits of 
ecosystems to human life, Canadian and US scientists said.

Researcher Kai Chan of the University of British Columbia said the model 
will help estimate the dollar value to people of such "ecosystem services" 
as mangroves and wetlands.

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