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A Rosetta Stone for nature's benefits to people. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2015
After a long incubation period, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is now underway. Underpinning all its activities is the IPBES Conceptual Framework (CF), a simplified model of the interactions between nature ...
Sandra Díaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

IPBES Technical Guideline Series - Part 2: Preparing and Mapping Data to IPBES Regions and Sub-regions

open access: yes, 2021
These technical guidelines have been prepared by the technical support unit on knowledge and data and reviewed by the task force on knowledge and data within IPBES.
IPBES task force on knowledge and data   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Valuation and Appreciation of Biodiversity: The “Maintenance of Options” Provided by the Variety of Life

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
“Nature’s contributions to people” (NCP) is an important expansion beyond the standard ecosystem services framework, particularly as a pathway to better address global/regional biodiversity values.
Daniel P. Faith
doaj   +1 more source

IPBES Technical Guideline Series - Part 8: Guidelines for the delivery of schematic, data driven, borrowed, and adapted figures

open access: yes, 2022
These technical guidelines have been prepared by the technical support unit on knowledge and data and reviewed by the task force on knowledge and data within IPBES.
IPBES task force on knowledge and data   +1 more
core   +1 more source

IPBES Data Management Tutorials - Chapter 2: IPBES data management Policy

open access: yes, 2020
The IPBES data management tutorials are short videos to help experts implement the IPBES data management Policy. They cover topics ranging from data management policy, reports, active research data, tools, and examples.
IPBES task force on knowledge and data
core   +1 more source

Transposon-Based Tagging: IRAP, REMAP, and iPBS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Retrotransposons are a major component of virtually all eukaryotic genomes, which makes them useful as molecular markers. Various molecular marker systems have been developed that exploit the ubiquitous nature of these genetic elements and their property of stable integration into dispersed chromosomal loci that are polymorphic within species.
Schulman Alan   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability-aligned values: exploring the concept, evidence, and practice

open access: yesEcology and Society
Modern environmental thought has always involved normative claims about the values needed for sustainability. This has often played out in debates between proponents of anthropocentric and ecocentric ways of valuing nature.
Adrian Martin   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
Effective approaches towards sustainability need to be informed by a diverse array of stakeholder perspectives. However, capturing these perspectives in a way that can be integrated with other forms of knowledge can represent a challenge. Here we present
Catherine A. Masao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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