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Conservation agriculture enhances ecosystem services and sustainability of the system over conventional agriculture [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Ecosystem services (ES) provision and variation over spatial scales in agricultural land are often the result of interactions between agricultural management and ecological structures.
Nandita Mandal, Pragati Pramanik Maity, Nilimesh Mridha, Tapas Kumar Das, Kali Kinkar Bandyopadhyay, Subash Nataraja Pillai, Asim Biswas   +6 more
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PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013
This address focuses on the legislative design for payment or ecosystem services (PES) since most countries do not have specific legislation that addresses the subject.
A H Benjamin
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Motivations of farmers to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes: the case of Dutch agricultural collectives

Ecosystems and People, 2021
Collective agri-environmental schemes are designed to improve the spatial coordination and targeting of agri-environmental measures. However, policymakers must craft these programs carefully to motivate farmers to participate.
Rena Barghusen, Claudia Sattler, Lisa Deijl, Carleen Weebers, Bettina Matzdorf   +4 more
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Caves as wildlife refuges in degraded landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon

Scientific Reports, 2023
Cross-habitat spillover may be the outcome of a process of habitat loss or degradation where the receiving habitat serves as a refuge for organisms. Once surface habitats are lost or degraded, animals can find underground refuge in caves.
Rafael de Fraga, Valéria Tavares, Matheus Henrique Simões, Xavier Prous, Cesare Girolamo-Neto, Iuri V. Brandi, Guilherme Oliveira, Leonardo C. Trevelin   +7 more
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Mismatches in the ecosystem services-wellbeing nexus: a case study for Chilean Patagonia

Ecosystems and People, 2023
The supply of ecosystem services (ES) is commonly assumed to be linked to human wellbeing within socio-ecological systems. However, these linkages are seldom assessed using quantitative approaches at large scales and low spatial resolution.
Felipe Benra, Laura Nahuelhual, María R. Felipe-Lucia, Rachel R. Y. Oh, Jana Kachler, Aletta Bonn   +5 more
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Ecosystem Services: Response [PDF]

Science, 2013
C. Obst et al. provide a welcome opportunity to clarify the difference between environmental-economic cost-benefit analyses (such as ours) and environmental accounting exercises [such as the UN-SEEA ([ 1 ][1], [ 2 ][2]) initiative]. Accounting studies attempt to assess the total value of goods related to ecosystem services in a manner comparable to ...
Bateman, Ian, Harwood, Amii, Mace, Georgina M, Watson, Sir Robert, Abson, David J., Andrews, Barnaby, Binner, Amy, Crowe, Andrew, Day, Brett, Dugdale, Stephen, Fezzi, Carlo, Foden, Jo, Hadley, David, Haines-Young, R, Hulme, Mark, Kontoleon, Andreas, Lovett, Andrew, Munday, Paul, Pascual, Unai, Paterson, James, Perino, Grischa, Sen, Antara, Siriwardena, G, van Soest, D, Termansen, M   +24 more
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Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Dimension in Freshwater Ecosystems

Applied Sciences, 2022
Ecosystem services are part and parcel of human lives. It is of paramount importance to understand the interaction between these ecosystem services, as they are directly related to human life.
Deeksha, Anoop Kumar Shukla
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Minimizing VPD Fluctuations Maintains Higher Stomatal Conductance and Photosynthesis, Resulting in Improvement of Plant Growth in Lettuce

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is considered to be one of the major environmental factors influencing stomatal functions and photosynthesis, as well as plant growth in crop and horticultural plants.
Takayasu Inoue, Motoo Sunaga, Mutsuhiro Ito, Qu Yuchen, Yoriko Matsushima, Kazuma Sakoda, Wataru Yamori   +6 more
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Operationalising ODEMM risk assessment for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment scoping: Complexity vs. manageability

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEA) require consideration of the full suite of pressures and impacts affecting ecosystems. However, capacity limitations often severely limit our ability to do everything that we want or ‘should’ do, outside of short ...
Debbi Pedreschi, Susa Niiranen, Mette Skern-Mauritzen, David G. Reid   +3 more
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Cultural worldviews consistently explain bundles of ecosystem service prioritisation across rural Germany

People and Nature, 2022
Differences in ecosystem service (ES) priorities often lead to conflicts between stakeholders. While differences in priorities have often been described, the sociocultural factors, including differences in cultural worldview, which drive them have not ...
Sophie Peter, Gaëtane Le Provost, Marion Mehring, Thomas Müller, Peter Manning   +4 more
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