Tradeoffs and synergies between ecosystem services constitute an important topic in ecosystem management. The value of each service is substantially influenced by human activities, and changes will ...

Functioning ecosystems provide the basis for security, basic material needs, health, social interaction and individual liberty. This is how the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005 described it, ...

Uncover the latest and most impactful research in Conservation Auction Mechanisms for Ecosystem Services. Explore pioneering discoveries, insightful ideas and new methods from leading researchers in ...

The Wayuu people in northern Colombia depend on shrubland for grazing their livestock. These herds serve as the Wayuus’ main source of income and food, and this is partly why they depend so heavily on ...

One of the methods to assess Ecosystem Services (ES) - the benefits people obtain from ecosystems: the ES Matrix approach, has been increasingly used in the last decade. A review of its application ...

Many companies rely on natural resources, and securing the flow of ecosystem services may be directly related to their business’s bottom line. Water companies need functioning ES to maintain water ...

Ensuring that development projects benefit both people and the planet is becoming more and more of a priority. Environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA) have been in use for decades to ...

Free pollination services: a bee at an almond orchard in California. Randy Stiefer, CC BY-NC As a professor of ecology, I know all too well that there’s no shortage of environmental ills to keep us ...

Ecosystem-focused research develops methods that measure ecosystem goods and services. Ecosystem goods and services produce the many life-sustaining benefits we receive from nature—clean air and water ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Just as they do in forests and other natural ecosystems, trees deliver a variety of ecosystem services in cities. They sequester carbon and reduce ...

BENGALURU: The state government is considering introducing charges for ecosystem services in urban areas to raise money for ...