Economic Value Of Biodiversity. These range from the things that are produced and sold which are derived both directly and indirectly from biodiversity to the non marketed things that contribute to both our well being and to the economy. Services the economic value of biodiversity can be characterised as either direct or indirect in terms of the way in which changes in biodiversity affect human well being bartowski 2017 21 direct economic values of biodiversity biodiversity generates direct economic value when people care about it biodiversity underpins economic activity.
Example of the direct economic value of diversity includes making food medicine. In this article we first review the multiple meanings of biodiversity moving from species richness and simple abundance weighted species counts to more complex measures that take account of taxonomic distance and functionality. The direct value of biodiversity is directly harvested from an organism.
Both tangible and intangible.
If the world s economies are rationally organized this suggests that biodiversity must have less economic value than the economic activities giving rise to its loss. The economic potential of biodiversity is immense in terms of food fodder medicinal ethical and social values. The goal is to make protecting biodiversity profitable. The direct value of biodiversity is directly harvested from an organism.
