Environ Resource Econ (2011) 48:177–218 DOI 10.1007/s10640-010-9418-x Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments

© The Author(s) 2010. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The paper seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services. Focus-sing upon analyses for future orientated policy and decision making, we initially consider a single period during which ecological stocks are maintained at sustainable levels. The flow of ecosystems services and their contribution to welfare bearing goods is considered and We are grateful for comments from two anonymous referees, Sir Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge) and Karl-Göran Mäler (Beijer Institute) of the UK NEA Economics Advisory Board, Brett Day (UEA)