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Ecosystem Services: What they are, why they are important and how do we value and manage them
Our health and wellbeing depends upon the services provided by ecosystems and their components: water, soil, nutrients and organisms. Ecosystem services are the processes by which the environment produces resources utilized ...
Grasslands in 'Old World' and 'New World' Mediterranean-climate zones: past trends, current status and future research priorities
Despite their ecological, economic and social importance,
grasslands in areas with Mediterranean climates
continue to receive limited scientific, political and
media attention. The main objectives of this review
are to ...
Inter‐annual Declines of Terrestrial Net Primary Production and Carbon Use Efficiency: Global Patterns and Hotspots over 2000 ‐ 2014
Terrestrial net primary production (NPP) generates products of biological origin, on which much of other ecosystem services depend. The primary production provides a basis for food production, biogeochemical cycles, carbon ...
A framework for designing multi-functional agricultural landscapes: Application to Guadeloupe Island
To improve agriculture faced with regional sustainability issues, agricultural landscapes providing a diversity and high level of ecosystem services are necessary.We have developed and tested the MOSAICA-f framework to ...
Assessment of beneficiaries and benefits from ecosystem services of tree-based farming systems in the semi-arid Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Optimization of tree cover is frequently mentioned in the context of agroforestry research and advocacy. While there have been several, mostly modeling, attempts to study the optimization of agroforestry systems, there ...
Explaining farmers’ reluctance to adopt recommendations for sustainable ecosystem management
Introduction: The lower Syr Darya River Basin is an integral part of the Aral Sea Basin that is shared by four riparian countries. In Kazakhstan, the water is mainly used for agricultural purposes. However, the poor quality ...
CoED Soil retention ecosystems services in Aral Sea bed in Uzbekistan EN
The loss of the Aral Sea has changed the region's environment and caused significant economic and social consequences. The desert on the former seabed, Aralkum, has joined the list of global hotspots of sand and dust storms. ...
CoED Soil retention ecosystems services in Aral Sea bad in Uzbekistan RU
Высыхание Аральского моря привело к изменению экологии в регионе и повлекло за собой значительные экономические и социальные последствия. Пустыня Аралкум, возникшая на бывшем морском дне, стала одним из глобальных источников ...
Dry Ecosystem Services: Approaches for Valuation and Ensuring Public Support
Dry ecosystems are home to some of the most charismatic species, support high species endemism and comprise many unique ecosystems and biomes, including savannahs, dry forest, coastal areas and deserts.
However, currently ...
Importance of valuation of ecosystems services for sustainable development
Our health and well-being depends upon the services provided by ecosystems and their components: water, soil, nutrients and organisms. The ecosystem services are the processes by which the environment produces resources ...