摘要
ValuationofecosystemserviceshasbeensoughtaseffectivetoolsthatenablethedecisionmakersindesigningthecosteffectiveresponsepoliciesformanagementofecosystemstowardsalleviatingthepovertyespeciallyineconomicallypoorregionslikeSouthAsia.Variousdirectionsandlinkagesbetweenpovertyanddegradationofecosystemandreducedflowofecosystemservicescanbetterbeunderstoodiftheregulatingserviceslikehydrologicalflowandcarbonsequestrationbyforest,andnutrientcyclingandbioremediationbywetlandscanbecapturedinmonetaryunit.SouthAsiancountriesincludingIndia,Nepal,PakistanandBangladesharethehotspotsofpovertywherepoordependuponvariousecosystemservicesfortheirlivelihoodsandallocationofresourceforconservationofecosystemswouldhaveadditionalmeritifregulatingservicesarecapturedandinternalizedintothepublicpolicy.Thepaperfirstraisesproblematicissuesinvaluationofregulatingecosystemservices,andattemptstolinkitwiththedependenceofpoor.Second,complexitiesofpoverty-ecosystemdynamicsarediscussed.Thirdly,thepossibleinterventiontoachievepovertyalleviationgoalisanalyzedwiththehelpofsomeexamplesfromaccountingandvalua-tionofregulatingservicesofIndianforest.Finally,thepapersuggeststhatgreaterattentionisneededtodocredibleandbettervaluationofregulatingservicessothatinsightsfromthesecanbeusedinunderstandingtheimpactofdegradationofecosystemsonpoorpeople.
出版日期
2010年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
