Table 1. Scale value and governance issues attached to the implementation of commercial wetlands.
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Ecosystem Service |
Economic Value |
Economic Governance |
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Wetland
service |
Scale 3:
Spatial ecosystem service scale |
Biophysical performance |
Scale 4:
Spatial beneficiaries scale (number of households)
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Economic value per beneficiary (household) |
Scale 5:
Jurisdictional scale |
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Water purification |
Downstream |
500 kg N per ha
50 kg P per ha |
3640 |
€ 6.17 |
Water board: Insufficient water quality in a water body |
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Water logging |
Downstream |
7000 m3 water per ha |
128675 |
€ 6.38 |
Water board: Flood and high water risk |
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Improving ecosystem quality |
Wetland |
Improved ecosystem quality |
21165 |
€ 4.51 |
Provinces: Desiccation problems |
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Capturing CO2 emissions |
Global |
12 ton C per ha. |
∞ |
€ 3.71 |
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Biomass production |
At the spot |
30 ton dry matter per ha |
1* |
€ 0.00 |
Private actors |
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Recreation options |
At the spot |
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8655 |
€ 2.55 |
Private actors Municipality
Provinces |
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* The wetland entrepreneur
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