ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Implementing Innovative Clean Technology
1 1 | Faculty of Commodity Science, Department of Industrial Product Quality and Ecology,
Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Zenon Foltynowicz
Industrial Products Quality and Ecology, Poznań University of Economics & Business, al. Niepodleglości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Industrial Products Quality and Ecology, Poznań University of Economics & Business, al. Niepodleglości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Submission date: 2017-07-12
Acceptance date: 2017-09-19
Online publication date: 2018-03-05
Publication date: 2018-03-30
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(4):1513–1521
KEYWORDS
ecosystem servicesrenewable energy sourcesinnovative technology implementationseminatural grasslandsbiomass
TOPICS
Bioenergy from biomassPolicies for economically sustainable developmentPolicies for socially sustainable developmentPolicies for environmentally sustainable development
ABSTRACT
Sustainable development of high nature value areas promotes the use of resources and services that
rely on the unique assets of a particular ecosystem without undermining its integrity. Implementing
innovative technologies, especially in the field of renewable energy sources, supports this process and
helps to preserve environmentally valuable areas such as semi-natural grasslands. This study employs the
ecosystem services valuation method to assess the environmental impacts of implementation of innovative
IFBB technology in the Notec River Valley of western Poland as a part of a proposed implementation
potential analysis framework. Six different categories of ecosystem services were analysed. Results show
that implementing IFBB technology has a positive impact on the local ecosystem, generates additional
value for potential investors, and thus could affect the perception of a renewable energy generation
technology as being viable to implement.
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