Economic value of biodiversity and ecosystem services, mapping ecosystem services and estimations of the economic value of soil biodiversity

During the first 12 months of the 36 months the ESR will attend classes in Environmental and Resource Economics and Applied Quantitative methods in order to gain knowledge of both theoretical and empirical tools necessary to address the research question. Subsequently, the ESR will develop an econometric model for the estimation of the value of biodiversity. Data will be gathered and compiled by the ESR. Main source for the data will be other network partners plus already existing data base from Europe and Africa. These latter are already available at the LSE.