Comments on: What’s Nature Worth to You? – The Value of “Ecosystem Services” http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/13/whats-nature-worth-to-you-the-value-of-ecosystem-services/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Honey Bee Population Increasing, Despite Local Losses : EcoWorldly http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/13/whats-nature-worth-to-you-the-value-of-ecosystem-services/comment-page-1/#comment-61604 Global Honey Bee Population Increasing, Despite Local Losses : EcoWorldly Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:11:24 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3148#comment-61604 [...] bees are variable pollinators and provide a valuable “ecosystem service“. However, they don’t pollinate everything–like many staple crops such as wheat, [...] [...] bees are variable pollinators and provide a valuable “ecosystem service“. However, they don’t pollinate everything–like many staple crops such as wheat, [...]

]]> By: Scientists Develop ‘Heated Bat Boxes’ to Help Sick Bats : EcoWorldly http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/13/whats-nature-worth-to-you-the-value-of-ecosystem-services/comment-page-1/#comment-61599 Scientists Develop ‘Heated Bat Boxes’ to Help Sick Bats : EcoWorldly Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:25:23 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3148#comment-61599 [...] bats in the Northeastern region of the U.S. The bats, which are insectivores, provide an important ecosystem service by keeping insect populations in [...] [...] bats in the Northeastern region of the U.S. The bats, which are insectivores, provide an important ecosystem service by keeping insect populations in [...]

]]> By: Steve Savage http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/13/whats-nature-worth-to-you-the-value-of-ecosystem-services/comment-page-1/#comment-61597 Steve Savage Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:17:28 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3148#comment-61597 Ecosystem services should be recognized and monetized as much as possible; however, one in this list is more of a problem than a service. In the process of storing animal manures for use as fertilizers, and particularly in the process of composting them, enough methane is generated to make the carbon footprint of these fertilizers far higher than that for "synthetic" nitrogen. See http://www.scribd.com/doc/17356325/Carbon-Footprint-of-Organic-Fertilizer The best thing to do with manure is to put it through an anaerobic digester to make methane and then use that as a clean, carbon-neutral fuel. Alternatively it can be put through fast pyrolysis to make clean energy and biochar. The energy from either alternative could be used to run the Haber-Bosch process and make low footprint nitrogen fertilizer Ecosystem services should be recognized and monetized as much as possible; however, one in this list is more of a problem than a service. In the process of storing animal manures for use as fertilizers, and particularly in the process of composting them, enough methane is generated to make the carbon footprint of these fertilizers far higher than that for “synthetic” nitrogen. See

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17356325/Carbon-Footprint-of-Organic-Fertilizer

The best thing to do with manure is to put it through an anaerobic digester to make methane and then use that as a clean, carbon-neutral fuel. Alternatively it can be put through fast pyrolysis to make clean energy and biochar. The energy from either alternative could be used to run the Haber-Bosch process and make low footprint nitrogen fertilizer

]]> By: Christine Buckley http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/13/whats-nature-worth-to-you-the-value-of-ecosystem-services/comment-page-1/#comment-61598 Christine Buckley Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:14:54 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3148#comment-61598 You can also listen to a longer podcast with Peter Kareiva about ecosystem services in the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment podcast series, Beyond the Frontier: http://www.esa.org/podcast/?cat=4 You can also listen to a longer podcast with Peter Kareiva about ecosystem services in the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment podcast series, Beyond the Frontier: http://www.esa.org/podcast/?cat=4

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