Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Choices
Publication Date
2008
ISSN
2162-2884
Page Number
32
Keywords
farms, agriculture, ecosystem management, natural resources
Disciplines
Agriculture Law | Law
Abstract
Over the past decade two themes have emerged as organizing principles in natural resources policy. One, ecosystem management, builds a framework for landscape–level decision making (Christensen et al. 1996). The other, ecosystem services, opens a new dimension for thinking about what we hope to achieve through ecosystem management (Daily 1997; Costanza et al. 1997). The convergence of these two themes has become a driving force behind the concept of agricultural multifunctionality, the idea that farms can have multiple outputs—not just commodities—and thus can contribute to several societal objectives simultaneously (Jordan et al. 2007; OECD 2001).
Recommended Citation
J.B. Ruhl,
Farms and Ecosystem Services, 23 Choices. 32
(2008)
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