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Biodiversity in Ontario

Biodiversity is all around us – it's the variety of life on Earth, from the tiniest insect to a vast northern forest. Biodiversity is also about being connected – no species lives without other species that provide its food and habitat. We and all living organisms depend on this “life system” to sustain us. Biodiversity needs our protection.

MNR’s Role in Biodiversity

Valuing Ecosystem Services

Estimating Ecosystem Services in Southern Ontario

By: Spatial Informatics Group, Austin Troy & Ken Bagstad (2009)

Ecosystem services are the benefits that people obtain, either directly or indirectly, from our ecological systems. These services can be understood in ecological terms and they can also be translated into economic terms through valuation studies. These services are the foundation of human well-being and they also represent a significant part of the total economic value of our landscape and economy. And yet their value is most often uncounted, assumed to be ‘zero’. It is therefore important to be able to estimate the economic value of ecosystem services. - Read More...