R. Kerry Turner, CBE, is director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) and director of the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER), both at the University of East Anglia, UK. Stavros Georgiou is an economic advisor, UK Health and Safety Executive and an honorary research fellow at CSERGE. Brendan Fisher is a Research Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, USA.

'This is the definitive volume on understanding and valuing wetland ecosystem services. With rapidly growing interest in ecosystem services and applications in a broad range of contexts, this volume is absolutely essential.' Robert Costanza, Professor of ecological economics, University of Vermont, USA'Brings the subject together in a text that combines theory, principles and practical applications - in a way that will be of interest to researchers and practitioners.' Joe Morris, Professor of resource economics and management, Cranfield University, UK'A valuable reference' S.G. Shetron, emeritus professor, Michigan Technological University, USA

• 1. Introduction 2.The Ecosystem Services Approach to Natural Resource Management 3. Policy Appraisal Perspectives and Socio-economic Appraisal Approaches 4. The Ecosystem Services Approach: Valuation of Multi-functional Wetlands 5. Economic Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Practice 6. Valuation of Multi-functional Wetland: Case Studies 7. Conclusions and Future Prospects Appendices Bibliography Index