Some measures of biodiversity conservation result from the need to gain some benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem services. What are the best method to evaluate these benefits to society? Thanks.
I hope that this article and the attached pdf wil be useful for you :
Edith Margaret Cawsey & David Freudenberger
Assessing the biodiversity benefits of plantations: The Plantation Biodiversity Benefits Score ; March 2008 ; Ecological Management & Restoration 9(1):42 – 52 available on https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229935943_Assessing_the_biodiversity_benefits_of_plantations_The_Plantation_Biodiversity_Benefits_Score
The question about benefits from biodiversity ist not the point at the front place. Biodiversity and this means all living species that can be considered in a specific environment have an equal right of life, and are of an intrinsic value in itself because of their existence, regardless of any beneficial effects to others.
Economic valuation is one of the best method to asses the benefit of biodiversity,
Please take a look the flowing attached link for more https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325763720_economic_valuation_of_lake_Zway_an_application_of_contingent_valuation_method?_sg=n4ewsROa-FcE6xDcXj628kM45Su4V_moSLH7jeFpdwvz-0iaoR7E90didFGaH9Xg-73aiD3A97INUYoHvZNXAd7lfwZ6EbvZ9oFDDoB-.9uZAtjsjIms5AhM-3sw70HU9DKjt8s6kMVf7cH6NAzbYAsYtL4fm_3pK9o34HPnjr8e6wqeKaqIsLvM-k2jnBw