Natural capital and existing market mechanisms for the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems have been the protagonists chosen to close the collection on Sustainability and Natural Heritage Notebooks, by Santander Foundation. Ecoacsa participates in this work entitled: Sustainable use of the natural heritage, with a chapter on “Habitat banks and markets”.
Coordinated by the Association for the Sustainability and Progress of Societies (ASYPS), the publication is structured in two parts: the first addresses a conceptual analysis of natural. Authors who have contributed are
"Systemic Vision for an integrated assessment and management of capital and natural heritage within the framework of sustainability”
- Luis M. Jiménez, president of the Association for the Sustainability and Progress of Societies
"Nature and life"
- Joaquín Araujo Ponciano, naturalist and writer
"Ecosystem approach. Terrestrial ecosystem services"
- Francisco Díaz Pineda, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid
"Economic and social benefits of marine conservation”
- Ricardo Aguilar Rubio, director of Research and Expeditions at Oceana in Europe
The second part is more operational in nature and focuses on existing mechanisms for sustainable management of biodiversity, ecosystems and the territory. Authors collaborating in this block are:
"Agricultural metabolism and sustainable uses of agricultural systems"
- Elena Pérez Lagüela, predoctoral researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid, andJosé Luis de la Cruz Leiva, secretary of the Association for the Sustainability and Progress of Societies (ASYPS)
"Habitat banks and markets"
- David Álvarez García, executive director of Ecoacsa
"Payment for environmental services, lessons from practice"
- Arturo López Ormat, international consultant for Sustainable Development
"Tools for the integrated and sustainable management of river ecosystems and their basins"
- Noelia Guaita García, researcher at the University of Alcalá, and Julia Martínez Fernández, technical director of the Nueva Cultura del Agua Foundation
"Land planning in the sustainable management of protected natural areas"
- Antonio Serrano Rodríguez, professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
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