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Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2021 We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES ...
Karen E. Allen +2 more
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A New Approach to Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services [PDF]
Environments, 2021 According to various sources, Southern Morocco has stood out as an outstanding tourist destination in recent decades, with global appeal. Dakhla City, including Dakhla Bay, classified by the Convention on Wetlands in 2005 as a Wetland of International Importance, offers visitors various entertainment opportunities at many city sites.
Ikram Mouttaki +7 more
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Looking into the dragons of cultural ecosystem services [PDF]
Ecosystems and People, 2020 Cultural ecosystem services research is in a somewhat tumultuous state. The cultural ecosystem services (CES) idea is seen simultaneously as a welcoming, expansive addition to conservation policy-making and as a strange, square-peg-in-a-round-hole ...
Rachelle K. Gould +2 more
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Linking the nonmaterial dimensions of human-nature relations and human well-being through cultural ecosystem services. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2022 Nature contributes substantially to human well-being through its diverse material and nonmaterial contributions. However, despite the growing literature on the nonmaterial dimensions of human-nature relations, we lack a systematic understanding of how ...
Huynh LTM +5 more
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Cultural ecosystem services in European grasslands: A systematic review of threats. [PDF]
Ambio, 2022 The degradation of ecosystems threatens the provision of ecosystem services and limits human well-being. This systematic literature review evaluates the threats surrounding cultural ecosystem services (CES), namely recreation and landscape aesthetics in ...
Pellaton R, Lellei-Kovács E, Báldi A.
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Sustaining ecosystem services in cultural landscapes [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2014 Classical conservation approaches focus on the man-made degradation of ecosystems and tend to neglect the social-ecological values that human land uses have imprinted on many environments. Throughout the world, ingenious land-use practices have generated
Tobias Plieninger +3 more
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Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Review of Provisioning and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Estuaries
Sustainability, 2022 It is widely argued that humans deteriorate and vandalize ecosystems, yet little is known about the advantages they receive from the same. The study employs the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach to identify studies on the value of ecosystems, with a focus on estuaries between the years 2000 to 2021 ...
Sipesihle Booi +2 more
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Can avian functional traits predict cultural ecosystem services? [PDF]
People and Nature, 2020 The functional trait diversity of species assemblages can predict the provision of ecosystem services such as pollination and carbon sequestration, but it is unclear whether the same trait‐based framework can be applied to identify the factors that ...
Alejandra Echeverri +5 more
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Managing Cultural Ecosystem Services for Sustainability [PDF]
, 2016 It is widely recognized that ecosystems provide people with important non-material benefits “through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation and aesthetic experiences” (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). These ecological contributions to non-material or ‘extramaterial’ benefits, including both experiences and ...
Kai M. A. Chan, Terre Satterfield
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The importance of landscape characteristics for the delivery of cultural ecosystem services [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 The importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) to human wellbeing is widely recognised. However, quantifying these non-material benefits is challenging and consequently they are often not assessed. Mapping approaches are increasingly being used to understand the spatial distribution of different CES and how this relates to landscape ...
Lucy E. Ridding +9 more
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