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Author(s): Ted Weber
Org./Source: The Conservation Fund
Year: 2007

In Cecil County, Maryland, 16 ecosystem services provided by forests and wetlands provide services valued at $2.1 billion a year. That amount is equivalent to two-thirds of the county’s total economic output of $3.3 billion. Large, contiguous blocks of forests and wetlands are most likely to contain fully functioning ecosystems, and therefore are more likely to provide valuable ecosystem services, which shows that preservation of these contiguous blocks is a vital investment.

Topic tags: Economic Benefits of Ecosystem Services

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