A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan

About this episode

John Van Stan discusses the implications of monetary estimates of ecoservices in urban trees.

For this episode, we're joined once again by John Van Stan, a Professor at Cleveland State University, in the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences. He also runs an independent press, The Press of a Ridiculous Man, which you can find on Amazon. Dr. Van Stan was here today to discuss his recent BioScience article "A cautionary tale about urban trees: could ecoservice monetary estimates become economic sleights of hand?"

People in this episode

Guest: John Van Stan

Topics covered

• ecosystem services
• urban trees
• environmental science
• monetary valuation
• biological sciences

Keywords

• ecoservice valuation
• economic sleights of hand
• BioScience article
• Cleveland State University
• The Press of a Ridiculous Man

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Press of a Ridiculous Man

Books & works: A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, A cautionary tale about urban trees

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