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Co‐production of nature's contributions to people: What evidence is out there?
People and Nature, 2023 Nature's contributions to people (NCP) rarely originate from nature alone. Often, only by joining natural capital with forms of anthropogenic capital, NCP emerge benefitting people.
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Valuing New Hampshire Salt Marshes: An Approach to Measuring Ecosystem Services [PDF]
, 2013 David Burdick presented work a method for estimating the ecosystem services benefits of salt marsh restoration. The approach combines ecological valuation, which uses structural and functional indicators to measure the marshes response to restoration ...
Burdick, David M.
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Horizontal cooling towers: riverine ecosystem services and the fate of thermoelectric heat in the contemporary Northeast US [PDF]
, 2013 The electricity sector is dependent on rivers to provide ecosystem services that help regulate excess heat, either through provision of water for evaporative cooling or by conveying, diluting and attenuating waste heat inputs. Reliance on these ecosystem
Fekete, Balazs M. +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. 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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Hot spot maps of forest presence in the Mediterranean basin
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2016 The Mediterranean basin is one of the most varied areas worldwide in terms of biodiversity and species richness due to its climatic and geomorphological features, and it is characterized by multi-faceted habitats where forests play a crucial role ...
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Designing Payments for Ecosystem Services [PDF]
, 2010 This Policy Series by James Salzman brings attention to a rapidly developing phenomenon—payments for ecosystem services (PES). Salzman, the Samuel F.
Salzman, James
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Ecology and Society, 2013 Cultural landscapes are appreciated for the plethora of ecosystem services that they provide to society. They are, however, subject to rapid and fundamental transformations across Europe, mainly as a result of intensification or abandonment of land uses.
Tobias Plieninger +5 more
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Land, 2021 Ecosystem services are benefits that the natural environment provides to support human well-being. A thorough understanding and assessment of these services are critical to maintain ecosystem services flow through sustainable land management to optimize ...
Yang Bai +3 more
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Integrating trait-based empirical and modeling research to improve ecological restoration [PDF]
, 2018 A global ecological restoration agenda has led to ambitious programs in environmental policy to mitigate declines in biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Fiedler, Sebastian +2 more
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Scientific ReportsMany agricultural landscapes offer few resources for maintaining natural enemy populations and floral plantings have frequently been adopted to enhance biological pest control in crops. However, restored margins may harbour both pests and natural enemies.
Juan Antonio Sanchez +6 more
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