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An ecosystem service-dominant logic? – integrating the ecosystem service approach and the service-dominant logic [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cleaner Production, 2016
Natural and business ecosystems are complex and dynamic service systems that interact through the utilization of ecosystem service offerings for human well-being. Currently, natural and business sciences have not developed a shared and common set of service-based terms or concepts for discussing ecosystem service offerings in the process of value co ...
Matthies, Brent D.   +13 more
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Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES ...
Karen E. Allen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Country Representatives’ Perceptions of the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface

open access: yesConservation, 2021
Biodiversity knowledge is communicated by scientists to policymakers at the biodiversity “science-policy interface” (SPI). Although the biodiversity SPI is the subject of a growing body of literature, gaps in our understanding include the efficacy of ...
André Derek Mader   +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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Marine ecosystem services [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2017
Coastal and marine environments can begin up to 100 kilometers inland, extend to the continental shelf, and include ocean systems with waters up to 50 meters in depth. The distinct marine ecosystems found in these environments include estuarine and coastal wetlands, such as marshes and mangroves, sand beaches and dunes, seagrass beds, and coral and ...
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Location matters. A systematic review of spatial contextual factors mediating ecosystem services of urban trees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
To ensure and maintain ecosystem service delivery in cities undergoing densification, strategic tree planting is important. The effects of tree location on ecosystem service delivery have been emphasised.
Cimburova, Zofie   +6 more
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Towards ecosystem service assessment: Developing biophysical indicators for forest ecosystem services

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Forests are specifically relevant for biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem services. However, Europe’s forests and their services are threatened.
André Tiemann, Irene Ring
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring perceptions of stakeholder roles in ecosystem services coproduction

open access: yes, 2021
Stakeholder groups engage in ecosystem services coproduction as both coproducers and beneficiaries. Stakeholder group perceptions of their own and each other’s roles in ecosystem services coproduction therefore influence how ecosystem services are ...
Mancilla Garcia, Maria   +17 more
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Palm oil’s contribution to the United Nations sustainable development goals: outcomes of a review of socio-economic aspects

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2022
Palm oil is both the world’s most-used vegetable oil and the most criticized for its environmental impact due to the observed reduction in tropical forest areas for its cultivation over the past decades.
Maria Vincenza Chiriacò   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Payment for Ecosystem Services

open access: yesPotchefstroom 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. Brazil is in the process of drafting national legislation on ecosystem services and there are several important issues that can be learnt from this experience.      
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