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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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Climate change induced transformations of agricultural systems: insights from a global model

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2014
Climate change might impact crop yields considerably and anticipated transformations of agricultural systems are needed in the coming decades to sustain affordable food provision.
D Leclère   +9 more
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Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the lower Caquetá River basin in Colombia have experienced detrimental changes in the provision of important ecosystem services in ways that have significant implications for the maintenance of their ...
Torres-Vitolas, Carlos A.   +20 more
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Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Ecosystem services; Sustainable development; Environmental management; Natural resource management; Coastal management; Bangladesh and sea-level rise research; Governance of ecosystem services; Regional climate change in South ...

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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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

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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How can we identify and communicate the ecological value of deep-sea ecosystem services? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This research project was funded by MASTS (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland; URL: www.masts.ac.uk). MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions. Townsend’s involvement was
Nick Hanley (591087)   +12 more
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