Ecoservices
In 1997, ecological economist Robert Costanza led the first global assessment of ecoservices and concluded that their value is in the range of $16-54 trillion per year, with an average of $33 trillion per year. A 2014 update, with more and better data, estimated total global ecosystem services in 2011 at $125-145 trillion per year. Meanwhile, the loss of ecoservices from 1997 to 2011 due to land use change cost us $4.3-20.2 trillion per year. The precise number is less important than the general conclusion, that ecoservices contribute more than twice as much to human well-being as global GDP.
— Wayne Visser
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