Classifying Environmental Values
Pearce and Moran outlined the following method for classifying environmental uses:
- Direct extractive uses: e.g. timber from forests, food from plants and animals
- Indirect uses: e.g. ecosystem services like flood control, pest control, erosion protection
- Optional uses: future possibilities e.g. unknown but potential use of plants in chemistry/medicine
- Non-use values:
Bequest value (benefit of an individual who knows that others may benefit from it in future)
Passive use value (sympathy for natural environment, enjoyment of the mere existence of a particular species)
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