Some practical issues of Ecosystem Valuation
¥Easy to spend lots of $ to assign $ values
¥Easy for environmental program managers/decision makers to misuse results & undermine even their best programs
¥Risky for managers to ignore demands for more fiscal accountability (government especially, but also private sector)
¥ÒBest professional judgment,Ó Òbest available scienceÓ and/or Òobjective scientificÓ project ranking criteria that ignore beneficial outcomes to people are prone to being extremely unpopular (CAO???)