A report on the Economics of the Everglades Watershed

For ArtMarshall.org S&T Committee and interested parties;

It looks like the Everglades Foundation has put some resources to seriously good use, by engaging FAU to do a study on the "Economics of the Everglades Watershed and Estuaries", available on the link listed below.
HERE

There is also a salient report at OVER HERE
AND HERE
Eric Draper has used this reference in a recent paper.

All this confirms that our suggestion today to EvCo that ESV be considered as a breakout panel is a good one, and that the ESV approach does hold the potential of a paradigm shift for establishing the economic value of wetlands and estuaries, in dollars Congress and the public can understand.

Although we made the suggestion for a 2010 EvCo Conference breakout session on the ESV approach, TBD, we did leave open the possibility that this should be covered in a plenary.

Kudos for the Everglades Foundation for going in this direction. Valuing ecosystem services for better environmental decision-making needs wide-based support.