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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Cultural Ecosystem Services and the Challenge for Cultural Geography [PDF]
AbstractCultural ecosystem services are one of four services identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as critical to the support of human life on earth and therefore in need of proper valuation and protection. Cultural services seem to embody the objects of enquiry for cultural geographers interested in landscape, identity and place.
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A European assessment of the provision of ecosystem services - Towards an atlas of ecosystem services [PDF]
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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ANALYSING TRADE-OFFS IN MANAGEMENT DECISION- MAKING BETWEEN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, AND COMMODITY PRODUCTION IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON NATIONAL RESERVE [PDF]
The Ecosystem Services concept has been developed in recent decades through both academic and international institutions. Nowadays, most of the literature agrees that ecosystem services constitute a crucial contribution to human well-being.
Diego Hopkins, Zen Makuch, Karen Makuch
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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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Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs), as non-material benefits and well-being provided by ecosystems to humans, possess the ability to bridge nature and human society and interpret their complex interrelationships.
Yuqing Zhao+5 more
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Insect Cultural Services: How Insects Have Changed Our Lives and How Can We Do Better for Them
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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The role of geodiversity in delivering ecosystem services and benefits in Scotland [PDF]
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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Influence of cultural contexts on the appreciation of different cultural ecosystem services based on social network analysis [PDF]
Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystem science domain has made tremendous progress in the study of ecosystem services, but debates on neglected cultural ecosystem services (CES) have persisted.
Francisca Kilonzi, Takahiro Ota
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The implications of energy systems for ecosystem services: A detailed case study of offshore wind [PDF]
Globally, the deployment of offshore wind is expanding rapidly. An improved understanding of the economic, social and environmental impacts of this sector, and how they compare with those of other energy systems, is therefore necessary to support ...
Beaumont, NJ, Hattam, C, Hooper, TL
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