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Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services

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Kettunen, M. & ten Brink, P. 2006. Value of biodiversity- Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services. Final report for the European Commission. Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Brussels, Belgium. 131 pp.

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Kettunen, M. & ten Brink, P. 2006. Value of biodiversity- Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services. Final report for the European Commission. Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Brussels, Belgium. 131 pp.

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Marianne Kettunen
Patrick ten Brink
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Unter Beteiligung von: Jason Anderson, Samuela Bassi, Ingo Bräuer, Indrani Lutchman, Eleanor MacKay, Anil Markandya, Clare Miller, Paulo Nunes, Ana Persic and Matt Rayment

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