Robert Constanza and His Colleagues Have Shown That _______________

question 16

Multiple Choice

Robert Constanza and his colleagues have shown that _______________.

• A) ecosystems services cannot be assigned monetary values because they are external
• B) the value of ecosystem services is more than $48 trillion in 2013 dollars
• C) NAFTA has had environmental benefits worth $2.7 billion in 2011
• D) ecosystem services are valued at less than 0.5% of the U.S. GDP
• E) nutrient cycling is the least valuable of ecosystem services

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