Abstract

FIGUEROA, Juana R. Valoración de la biodiversidad: Perspectiva de la economía ambiental y la economia ecológica. INCI [online]. 2005, vol.30, n.2, pp.103-107. ISSN 0378-1844.

The approaches of economic and environmental economies with regard to the appraisal of biodiversity are compared within the framework of sustainable development, through documentary research. The results indicate that the environmental appraisal methods collect a minimal portion of the value of goods and services associated to biodiversity and, when applied, the needed assumptions are grossly arbitrary. According to the perspective of ecological economics it is concluded that any appraisal methodology should include information from other fields, based on systems of values, so as to achieve an adequate interaction among socio-economic and ecological systems to warrant a sustainable management of biodiversity.

Keywords : Desarrollo Sostenible; Economía Ambiental; Economía Ecológica; Valoración de la Biodiversidad; Valoración Ambiental.