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The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this paper is to assess and highlight the significance of cultural landscapes in protected areas, considering both biodiversity and the delivery of provisioning ecosystem services.
Aguilera Aguilera, Pedro +2 more
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Urban pollution and ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2019 Urban pollutants can degrade and inhibit ecological functions and processes. Those natural processes provide vital benefits and services to humans.
Baldocchi +20 more
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Crowdsourcing indicators for cultural ecosystem services : a geographically weighted approach for mountain landscapes [PDF]
, 2016 This study was partially supported by the OpenNESS project funded from the European Union's Seventh Programme for research; technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 308428.Integrating cultural dimensions into the ecosystem ...
Demsar, Urska +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.
Mouttaki, Ikram +7 more
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The impact of flooding on aquatic ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2018 Flooding is a major disturbance that impacts aquatic ecosystems and the ecosystem services that they provide. Predicted increases in global flood risk due to land use change and water cycle intensification will likely only increase the frequency and ...
Bennett, Elena M. +10 more
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Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2011 Effective water management within urban settings requires robust multidisciplinary understanding and an appreciation of the value added to urban spaces by providing multifunctional green-blue spaces.
Lundy, Lian, Wade, Rebecca
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Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Critical Assessment [PDF]
Ethics, Policy & Environment, 2015 This paper is about the practice of evaluating ecosystems on the basis of the cultural services they provide. My first aim is to assess the various objections that have been made to this practice. My second is to argue that when particular places are integral to people’s lives, their value cannot be adequately conceived in terms of the provision of ...
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A European assessment of the provision of ecosystem services - Towards an atlas of ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2011 Until recently, biodiversity policies were essentially driven by conservation of rare and endangered habitats and species. Although substantial efforts have been undertaken to protect nature, the 2010 target of stopping the loss of biodiversity has not ...
MAES JOACHIM +2 more
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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 unique cultural landscapes, but these are under pressure from agricultural intensification, land ...
Plieninger, Tobias +3 more
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The role of geodiversity in delivering ecosystem services and benefits in Scotland [PDF]
, 2013 The ecosystem services approach is now a key driver for environmental policy and conservation management both in the UK and globally. Within this, geodiversity provides or underpins many essential provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting ...
Barron, Hugh F., Gordon, John E.
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