Gaining Ground-Wetlands,Hurricanes, and the Economy:The Value of Restoring the Mississippi River Delta

摘要

A 2010 report by Earth Economics examines the economic value of resotring the Mississippi River Delta through the lens of 11 ecosystem services. The report compares three scenarios for action and finds that reconnecting the sediment-building processess of the river to its delta could provide $60 billion in value. This article first ran in the November 2010 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis.