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Cultural Ecosystem Services of Geodiversity: A Case Study from Stránská skála (Brno, Czech Republic)

open access: yesLand, 2020
The concept of ecosystem services developed in the second half of the 20th century, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was crucial for its acceptance.
Lucie Kubalíková
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Perceived cultural ecosystem services in Zaribar Coastal Park: Implications for tourist well-being [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
Cultural ecosystem services embedded in urban green spaces play a vital yet often underappreciated role in shaping tourists’ well-being. This study investigates the perceived contributions of cultural ecosystem services to tourist well-being in
Arman Rastkhadiv   +2 more
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Emerging Patterns in Cultural Ecosystem Services as Incentives and Obstacles for Raptor Conservation

open access: yesBirds, 2021
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment proposed four categories of ecosystem services as regulating, provisioning, supporting and cultural. Of these, cultural services have been the most difficult to quantify despite playing a key role in developing society’
Finbarr G. Horgan   +2 more
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Mapping ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats in the European North Atlantic Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The mapping and assessment of the ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats is a highly valuable source of information for understanding their current and potential benefits to society.
Ibon eGalparsoro   +8 more
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The Contribution of Animal-Based Cultural Ecosystem Services to Tourist Well-Being at Cultural Heritage Sites

open access: yes, 2021
This article explores the contribution of animal-based cultural ecosystem services to tourist well-being within the authentic cultural heritage experience.
Zhang, Yang, Lee, Timothy J, Xiong, Yu
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Modelling of cultural ecosystem services through social media photos: The case of Eskişehir

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Forestry, 2020
Natural and cultural landscapes contain many ecosystems that produce natural and cultural values in different geographies of the earth. Recently, ecosystem services have been handled by researchers from different disciplines, which generally could be ...
E. Seda ARSLAN, Ömer K. ÖRÜCÜ
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Rural Residents’ Perceptions of Ecosystem Services: A Study from Three Topographic Areas in Shandong Province, China

open access: yesLand, 2022
Rural residents’ perception is an important way of evaluating rural ecosystem services. Different topographies affect the level of ecosystem services, thus affecting residents’ perceived preferences.
Binglu Wu   +3 more
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A framework for integrating systematic stakeholder analysis in ecosystem services research: Stakeholder mapping for forest ecosystem services in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The concept of ecosystem services offers a useful framework for the systematic assessment of the multiple benefits ecosystems deliver. However, the anthropogenic focus of the concept also requires a detailed understanding of the stakeholders interested ...
Raum, S, Susanne Raum
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The role of socio-demographic characteristics in mediating relationships between people and nature

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Research on ecosystem services has focused primarily on questions of availability or supply and often assumes a single human community of identical beneficiaries.
Kim C. Zoeller   +3 more
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Ecosystem Services for Scenic Quality Landscape Management: A Review

open access: yesLand, 2021
Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Project proposed the valuation of ecosystem services—defined as regulatory, provisional, ecosystem and cultural—the question arises as to the utility of such assessments for scenic landscape management.
Richard Smardon
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