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Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few studies have coped with the social-cultural dimension of ecosystem services, despite
Berta Martín-López +14 more
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Identification of urban water bodies ecosystem services [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus, 2021 Aim of the study: The aim of the research is an analysis of the concept of ecosystem services in context of urban water bodies. In result of the study, final ecosystem services and the goods and benefits of urban aquatic ecosystems were identified ...
Mateusz Jakubiak, Krzysztof Chmielowski
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Cost-benefit analysis of ecological networks assessed through spatial analysis of ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2012 1.The development of ecological networks could enhance the ability of species to disperse across fragmented landscapes and could mitigate against the negative impacts of climate change.
Balmford +31 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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Land, 2023 Lake Karla is the first reconstructed lake in the EU, supporting agriculture, biodiversity and cultural activities and being part of the Natura 2000 protected area network.
Georgia Trakala +2 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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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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Landscape Online, 2021 This paper aims to map the ecosystem services (ES) provided by a reputed agropastoral ecosystem in the south of Albania and ascertain whether social capital affects the level of importance attributed to them.
Elena Kokthi +3 more
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The challenge of valuing ecosystem services that have no material benefits [PDF]
, 2017 Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystem service science has made much progress in framing core concepts and approaches, but there is still debate around the notion of cultural services, and a growing consensus that ecosystem use and ...
Durance, I., Munday, M., Small, N.
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Insect Cultural Services: How Insects Have Changed Our Lives and How Can We Do Better for Them
Insects, 2021 Societies have benefited directly and indirectly from ecosystem services provided by insects for centuries (e.g., pollination by bees and waste recycling by beetles).
Natalie E. Duffus +2 more
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