Integrating the conservation and ecosystem-service value of Australia's catchments

该项目通过明确地将生物多样性的内在价值和支持生态系统与它们为人类提供的服务（例如碳储存和养分循环）联系起来，解决了可持续利用生物多样性的优先目标。它将采用一种全面的创新办法，利用自然服务的概念，将澳大利亚集水区土地所有权的养护、市场和非市场价值结合起来。通过领先的科学家和土地管理者之间的广泛合作，该项目将确定需要特别关注的高价值地点，为我们如何评价生态系统带来重要的理论进步，并为土地管理者提供实用和易于应用的指导方针。

This project addresses the Priority Goal of Sustainable Use of Biodiversity by explicitly linking the intrinsic value of biodiversity and supporting ecosystems with the services they provide to humanity (e.g. carbon storage and nutrient cycling). It will employ a comprehensive, innovative approach to integrating conservation, market and non-market values of land holdings in Australia's catchments using the concept of nature's services. Through extensive collaboration among leading scientists and land managers, the project will identify sites of high value requiring special attention, yield important theoretical advancements to how we value ecosystems, and provide practical and easily applied guidelines for land managers.