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Empirical assessments of small-scale ecosystem service flows in rural mosaic landscapes in the Ethiopian highlands Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Tegegne Molla Sitotaw, Louise Willemen, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, Andrew Nelson
Human activities have rapidly altered natural ecosystems worldwide, resulting in fragmented ecosystems that are either culturally or formally protected. These ecosystem patches can be critical for ecosystem services (ES) that support human well-being. In the Ethiopian highlands, the remaining church forests and wetlands have a unique conservation status and are part of the global priority areas for
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Indicating landslide hazard from tree rings – Ecosystem service provided by an alder forest in the hengduan Mts, Sichuan, China Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Małgorzata Wistuba, Ireneusz Malik, Yongbo Tie, Elżbieta Gorczyca, Xianzheng Zhang, Jiazhu Wang, Tuo Lu
Landslides are destructive geomorphological processes that cause economic and social losses. This stimulates the development of new tools related to landslide hazard. Recently, trees, their growth rings and dendrochronology have become widely used in landslide studies. Thus, this study aims to explore the potential of trees in providing landslide-monitoring ecosystem services through dendrochronology
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Contribution of urban trees to carbon sequestration and reduction of air pollutants in Lima, Peru Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Roberto Moreno, André Nery, Ricardo Zamora, Ángel Lora, Carmen Galán
Urban green areas, such as parks, squares, and tree-lined streets, are part of nature-based solutions (NBS) that provide ecosystem services to address these urban issues. However, there is limited knowledge about the contribution of tree species and overall ecosystem services provided by urban trees under public management, especially in Latin America. This study aimed to provide information on the
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Quantifying ecosystem services from trees by using i-tree with low-resolution satellite images Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Reena Sharma, Bhavik R. Bakshi, Manojkumar Ramteke, Hariprasad Kodamana
Air pollution on a worldwide scale poses significant risks to our health and food security. Trees, as ecosystem units, play a huge role in mitigating air pollution but quantifying this ecosystem service in the most polluted regions of the world is difficult due to a lack of relevant data. The ability of trees to mitigate air emissions is evaluated by the i-Tree Eco tool, which uses the tree inventory
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Effects of linear landscape elements on multiple ecosystem services in contrasting agricultural landscapes Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Solen le Clech, Lenny G.J. van Bussel, Marjolein E. Lof, Bart de Knegt, István Szentirmai, Erling Andersen
Linear landscape elements, such as field margins, are agricultural practices whose adoption is supported by agri-environmental climate measures (AECMs). AECMs are meant to improve ecological conditions on farms and surrounding areas. The effectiveness of AECMs to enhance the supply of multiple ecosystem services (ESs) is still debated and knowledge on the resulting ESs bundles under different practices
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Justice in access to urban ecosystem services: A critical review of the literature Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Md. Nazmul Haque, Ayyoob Sharifi
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Accounting for the value of ecosystem services of floodplains in Germany – National studies matter Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Stephanie Natho, Paul Hudson
Floodplains are among the most valuable and most threatened ecosystems. Worldwide, degradation and restoration are taking place at the same time. In Germany, more than 90% of the floodplains are degraded, and restoration is carried out through several projects because the benefits floodplains provide are already known, though not yet quantified. Decision makers and politicians are still in need of
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Effects of cultural landscape service features in national forest parks on visitors’ sentiments: A nationwide social media-based analysis in China Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Yingyi Cheng, Bing Zhao, Siqi Peng, Kai Li, Yue Yin, Jinguang Zhang
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How have measuring, mapping and valuation enhanced governance of ecosystem services? Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Eeva Primmer, Eeva Furman
In 2012 we sought to operationalize ecosystem services for governance, and asked in our Ecosystem Services paper (): “Do measuring, mapping and valuing integrate sector-specific knowledge systems?” Since our paper, much operationalization and innovation work has been done toward integration. In this paper, we analyze articles addressing governance of ecosystem services and measuring, mapping and valuation
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Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Roy P. Remme, Megan Meacham, Kara E. Pellowe, Erik Andersson, Anne D. Guerry, Benjamin Janke, Lingling Liu, Eric Lonsdorf, Meng Li, Yuanyuan Mao, Christopher Nootenboom, Tong Wu, Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven
In an increasingly urbanized world, the concepts of ecosystem services and nature-based solutions can help tackle grand challenges. However, ambiguity in their definitions and in the relationship between the two concepts complicates comprehensive research efforts as well as their effective application in policy and planning in urban systems. This paper presents a framework to clarify and explicitly
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Tradeoffs in people’s perceptions about ecosystem services and disservices related to bats: Implications for managing agroecosystems and conserving bats Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Paula Meli, Juan Carlos Imio, Fulgencio Lisón
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Economic values for ecosystem services: A global synthesis and way forward Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 L.M. Brander, R. de Groot, J.P. Schägner, V. Guisado-Goñi, V. van 't Hoff, S. Solomonides, A. McVittie, F. Eppink, M. Sposato, L. Do, A. Ghermandi, M. Sinclair, R. Thomas
This paper presents a global synthesis of economic values for ecosystem services provided by 15 terrestrial and marine biomes. Information from over 1,300 studies, yielding over 9,400 value estimates in monetary units, has been collected and organised in the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD). This is a substantial expansion of data since the de Groot et al. (2012) description of the ESVD
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Valuation and management of desert ecosystems and their services Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Haojie Chen, Robert Costanza
Based on different definitions, deserts may constitute 13% to 33% of the global terrestrial surface. This is larger than the area of tropical forests and all types of wetlands combined. However, desert ecosystems are among the least studied in terms of their ecosystem services (ES), especially those that arise from species and processes unique to deserts. There are numerous research gaps that need
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Mapping ecosystem services in Colombia: Analysis of synergies, trade-offs and bundles in environmental management Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Aracely Burgos-Ayala, Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno, Megan Meacham, Daniel Rozas-Vásquez, María Mancilla García, Juan Rocha, Alexander Rincón-Ruíz
Ecosystem services (ES) have gained significant attention in recent years from the global environmental initiatives that involve science and policy. Multiple scholars have analyzed how ES are integrated with environmental policies, plans, and strategic assessments. However, there is a lack of information on how countries translate these policies, plans and assessments into concrete environmental management
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Use of ecosystem services and land ownership to prioritize conservation areas on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jihwan Kim, Wonhyeop Shin, Seunguk Kim, Hyeyeong Choe, Toshinori Tanaka, Youngkeun Song
In the face of ecological challenges, sustainable implementation of conservation strategies necessitates a delicate balance between ecosystem services, biodiversity, land ownership, and cost considerations. This study presents a conservation strategy for Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, an area renowned for its unique ecological features. We developed the strategy by evaluating 12 scenarios involving
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The application of ecosystem accounting principles at the local scale for a protected landscape: A case study of the Sleza Landscape Park in Poland Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Marta Sylla
This paper presents the application of the ecosystem service assessment and valuation of three ecosystem services to the local municipalities, which host the protected area. The protected area in this study is a -urban Sleza mountain providing perfect opportunities for one-day hiking for families. The case study area represents five municipalities that are part of the Sleza Landscape Park in Poland
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Bats and rice: Quantifying the role of insectivorous bats as agricultural pest suppressors in rice fields Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Carme Tuneu-Corral, Xavier Puig-Montserrat, Carles Flaquer, Vanessa A. Mata, Hugo Rebelo, Mar Cabeza, Adrià López-Baucells
Rice represents the main staple food for more than half of the world’s population, playing an essential role in food security and economic growth. One of the major pests affecting this crop is the striped rice stem borer moth (), a widespread species found in Australasia, Asia and southern Europe. Bats are paramount insect consumers and their role as natural pest controllers in agriculture has been
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Dealing with negative monetary ecosystem services values in environmental and economic accounting Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Astrid Zabel, Raushan Bokusheva, Martina Bozzola
The concept of exchange values refers to the theoretical notion of an exchange happening for ecosystem services between an ecosystem asset and an economic agent. The United Nations System of Environmental Economic Accounting recommends using market prices as exchange values whenever possible, or otherwise, exchange value estimates that conceptually come close to market prices. However, in countries
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Payments for Ecosystem Services opportunities for emerging Nature-based Solutions: Integrating Indigenous perspectives from Australia Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kamaljit K Sangha, Ronju Ahammad, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Robert Costanza
With recent growing interest and potential investment in nature-based solutions (NbS), a local, regional and global level understanding of what kinds of mechanisms or arrangements work effectively to deliver the required biodiversity and climate change outcomes is essential. This paper presents the status and opportunities for Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) arrangements in Australia, with a focus
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Using the ecosystem serviceshed concept in conservation planning for more equitable outcomes Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Jean-Olivier Goyette, Poliana Mendes, Jérôme Cimon-Morin, Jérôme Dupras, Stéphanie Pellerin, Alain N. Rousseau, Monique Poulin
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Investing in the wealth of nature through biodiversity and ecosystem service finance solutions Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Andrew Seidl, Tracey Cumming, Marco Arlaud, Cole Crossett, Onno van den Heuvel
The last fifteen years have been transformative in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem services finance. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) articulated a pathway to achieve the global vision of “living in harmony with nature” by 2050, with four goals and 23 targets to be met by 2030. Published reports indicate biodiversity finance needs are on the order of seven times current
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‘Uncertainty audit’ for ecosystem accounting: Satellite-based ecosystem extent is biased without design-based area estimation and accuracy assessment Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Zander S. Venter, Bálint Czúcz, Erik Stange, Megan S. Nowell, Trond Simensen, Bart Immerzeel, David N. Barton
There are currently no guidelines in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) for quantifying and disclosing uncertainty. However, without quantifying uncertainty, it is unclear whether or not accounting tables contain biased (erroneous) area estimates which do not reflect real land cover changes. We use Oslo municipality in Norway as a case study to illustrate
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Unequal access to cultural ecosystem services of green spaces within the city of Rome – A spatial social media-based analysis Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Giulia Benati, Fulvia Calcagni, Federico Martellozzo, Andrea Ghermandi, Johannes Langemeyer
This groundbreaking study sheds new light on the unequal distribution of cultural ecosystem services (CES) within Rome's urban green spaces (UGS). Employing a novel methodology, we assess UGS quality through georeferenced social media data from Twitter, evaluate the green cover of UGS, and assess accessibility to these spaces using network analysis in a GIS environment. This unique methodology allows
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Consistent ecosystem service bundles emerge across global mountain, island and delta systems Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 M. Oliver Reader, Maarten B. Eppinga, Hugo J. de Boer, Owen L. Petchey, Maria J. Santos
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The impact of payment for ecosystem service schemes on participants’ motivation: A global assessment Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Yali Huang, Xiaoling Zhang, Xushan Sheng, Yue Wang, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) is a commonly used policy tool to fund nature conservation efforts. However, the implementation of financial incentives may have unintended consequences on intrinsic motivations, such as attitudes and environmental values, resulting in reduced levels of pro-environmental behaviors after PES compared to those observed before PES. The effect of PES schemes on participants’
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Analysis of the potential value of cultural ecosystem services: A case study of Busan City, Republic of Korea Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Dong-Kyu Lee
Although the importance of ecosystem services (ES) as a result of urbanization continues to be emphasized, their economic value to cities as a whole has not been widely explored. This study aimed to provide basic data to respond to the continuously increasing demand for ESs by analyzing the potential value of cultural ecosystem services (CESs). These services are among the most important ESs and represent
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Opportunities for improved consideration of cultural benefits in environmental decision-Making Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Kristin R. Hoelting, Joshua W. Morse, Rachelle K. Gould, Doreen E. Martinez, Rina S. Hauptfeld, Amanda E. Cravens, Sara J. Breslow, Lucas S. Bair, Rudy M. Schuster, Michael C. Gavin
Many cultural benefits of ecosystem services (ES) are difficult to capture in standard ES assessments. Scholars and practitioners often respond to this gap by seeking to develop new scientific methods to capture and integrate the plural values associated with diverse cultural benefits categories. This increasing emphasis on represents an essential step toward recognitional justice within ES theory
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Advancing knowledge pluralism and cultural benefits in ecosystem services theory and application Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Kristin R. Hoelting, Doreen E. Martinez, Rudy M. Schuster, Michael C. Gavin
Improved consideration of the cultural benefits of ecosystem services (ES) requires attention to knowledge pluralism in addition to value pluralism. Theorists have increasingly argued that meaningful inclusion of cultural benefits of ES requires attention to plural values, beyond the individual, instrumental values associated with ecosystems. However, there has been little engagement around the role
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National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe – Participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Ágnes Vári, Cristian Mihai Adamescu, Mario Balzan, Kremena Gocheva, Martin Götzl, Karsten Grunewald, Miguel Inácio, Madli Linder, Grégory Obiang-Ndong, Paulo Pereira, Fernando Santos-Martin, Ina Sieber, Małgorzata Stępniewska, Eszter Tanács, Mette Termansen, Eric Tromeur, Davina Vačkářová, Bálint Czúcz
Backed by the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and 2030, numerous ‘Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services’ (MAES) projects have been completed in recent years in the member states of the European Union, with substantial results and insights accumulated. The experience from the different approaches is a valuable source of information for developing assessment processes further, especially with regard
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Assessment of the effectiveness of China’s protected areas in enhancing ecosystem services Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Chaoyue Yu, Zhonghao Zhang, Erik Jeppesen, Yang Gao, Yuexin Liu, Yongjie Liu, Qingling Lu, Chenxu Wang, Ximan Sun
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Ecosystem accounting for water resources at the catchment scale, a case study for the Peloponnisos, Greece Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Eleni S. Bekri, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Dimitrios Skuras, Lars Hein, Panayotis Dimopoulos
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A farming systems approach to assess synergies and trade-offs among ecosystem services Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 J.F. Silva, J.L. Santos, P.F. Ribeiro, C. Marta-Pedroso, M.R. Magalhães, F. Moreira
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Examining weak sustainability for storm protection by mangroves Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Saudamini Das
Although the body of scientific evidence supports that mangroves provide storm protection and save lives during cyclones, coastal planners have been prioritizing the adoption of technological alternatives, for example, early warnings, evacuation training, and storm shelters—over mangrove conservation, to manage storm risks. Such policy has the underlying assumption that mangroves and technological
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Linking natural capital stocks with ecosystem services in the Northern Baltic Sea Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Susanna Jernberg, Harri Kuosa, Christoffer Boström, Daryl Burdon, Fiia Haavisto, Anna-Stiina Heiskanen, Suvi Kiviluoto, Sanna Kuningas, Mervi Kunnasranta, Laura Uusitalo, Anna Villnäs, Mats Westerbom, Kirsi Kostamo
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A process perspective of conceptual innovation: Integrating equity in applications of the ecosystem services concept in Ireland Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Kate Flood, Marie Mahon, John McDonagh
The ecosystem services (ES) concept emerged as a metaphor to demonstrate humanity’s dependence on the natural environment and is increasingly applied to frame human-nature relationships in conservation science, policy and practice. This paper aims to enhance understanding of how the ES concept is applied for ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation in the Irish context, with further applicability
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Mapping and assessment of lake ecosystem services in Lithuania Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Miguel Inácio, Manob Das, Benjamin Burkhard, Damià Barceló, Paulo Pereira
Lakes provide essential Ecosystem Services (ES) that support human well-being. However, due to anthropogenic environmental degradation, lake ecosystem conditions and related ES supply are affected. To assess these impacts and ES supply alterations, mapping and assessing lake ES is key. Spatiotemporal lake ES studies are lacking, especially at the national scale. In this study, we mapped and assessed
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Understanding the sentiment associated with cultural ecosystem services using images and text from social media Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Ilan Havinga, Diego Marcos, Patrick Bogaart, Devis Tuia, Lars Hein
Social media is increasingly being employed to develop Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) indicators. The image-sharing platform Flickr has been one of the most popular sources of data. Most large-scale studies, however, tend to only use the number of images as a proxy for CES due to the challenges associated with processing large amounts of this data but this does not fully represent the benefit generated
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Mapping cultural ecosystem services of the urban riverscapes: the case of the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Tomasz Grzyb
Urban green and blue spaces play a key role in strengthening human-nature bonds as they offer a variety of opportunities to directly contact nature. They are robust providers of cultural ecosystem services (CES), non-material benefits arising from the interaction between people and nature. Recreation in green and blue spaces beneficially contributes to the well-being of urban dwellers in multiple ways
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Building the case for protecting urban nature: How urban planners use the ideas, rhetoric, and tools of ecosystem services science Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Kate Thompson, Kate Sherren, Peter N. Duinker, Mikiko Terashima, Anders Hayden
Ecosystem services (ES) researchers have recognized the important role of urban planning decisions in influencing the quantity and distribution of ES in cities. However, knowledge about ES among planners is still modest, and more research is needed about planners’ experiences with ES. For this qualitative study, interviews and focus groups were conducted with actors with roles in urban planning in
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Perceived urban ecosystem services and disservices in gentrifying neighborhoods: Contrasting views between community members and state informants Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Mary Kathryn Rodgman, Isabelle Anguelovski, Carmen Pérez-del-Pulgar, Galia Shokry, Melissa Garcia-Lamarca, James J.T. Connolly, Francesc Baró, Margarita Triguero-Mas
As assessing urban ecosystem services and disservices is of rapidly growing interest in a context of increasingly urbanized environments, greater scholarly attention needs to be placed on how different informants perceive these services and disservices. Previous research in urban geography and planning has already pointed at the challenges of building inclusive natural outdoor environments such as
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Co-creating urban ecosystem accounting: Physical and monetary accounts of runoff retention service provided by urban green spaces Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Laura Costadone, Tin-Yu Lai, Pekka Hurskainen, Leena Kopperoinen
Urban ecosystem accounting can provide the structure for systematically integrating the value of urban green spaces into management and decision making to support urban resilience and sustainability. However, there are very few instructive examples of urban ecosystem accounting, particularly those created collaboratively with a municipality. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop co-created
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Changes in the value of ecosystem services due to watershed development in India’s Eastern Ghats and incentives for better stewardship Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Suresh Kumar, M Madhu, Ranjay K Singh, Rajesh Kaushal, Ch. Jyotiprava Dash, Hombe H.C. Gowda, GW Barla
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Spatially explicit ecosystem accounts for coastal wetland restoration Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Micheli D. P. Costa, Melissa Wartman, Peter I. Macreadie, Lawrance W. Ferns, Rhiannon L. Holden, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Kimberley J. MacDonald, Tessa K. Mazor, Rebecca Morris, Emily Nicholson, Andrew Pomeroy, Elisa A. Zavadil, Mary Young, Rohan Snartt, Paul Carnell
Coastal wetlands (i.e., mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrasses) have been recognised as an efficient natural climate solution to help mitigate and adapt to climate change. These ecosystems are also known to provide additional ecosystem services to coastal communities (e.g., fisheries and biodiversity enhancement, nutrient removal). Despite their importance to coasts and coastal communities, we lack
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Animal-named businesses are low-cost, accessible indicators of wildlife socio-cultural value Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Trevyn A. Toone
Wildlife not only play a pivotal role in providing irreplaceable ecosystem services but also hold immense socio-cultural value for communities by shaping cultural identities and fostering human connections with the natural world. However, quantifying the socio-cultural value of wildlife is challenging and typically relies on targeted participant-based interviews or questionnaires. This study explores
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Adverse effects of air pollution on human health predicted from tree-ring reductions – A conceptualization of a new ecosystem service Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Ireneusz Malik, Małgorzata Wistuba, Lingxiao Sun, Jing He, Chunlan Li, Yang Yu, Riude Yu, Katarzyna Sitko
Air pollution adversely affects human health, while trees, conifers in particular, growing in areas affected by air pollution, immediately register pollution by developing rings with decreased width. Some diseases in human population, e.g. lung cancer, develop and are diagnosed with a certain delay in relation to the exposure to air pollution, thus, with a certain delay to ring reductions in trees
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What drives forest multifunctionality in central and northern Europe? Exploring the interplay of management, climate, and policies Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Astor Toraño Caicoya, Marta Vergarechea, Clemens Blattert, Julian Klein, Kyle Eyvindson, Daniel Burgas, Tord Snäll, Mikko Mönkkönen, Rasmus Astrup, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Niklas Forsell, Markus Hartikainen, Enno Uhl, Werner Poschenrieder, Clara Antón-Fernández
Forests provide a range of vital services to society and are critical habitats for biodiversity, holding inherent multifunctionality. While traditionally viewed as a byproduct of production-focused forestry, today's forest ecosystem services and biodiversity (FESB) play an essential role in several sectoral policies’ needs. Achieving policy objectives requires careful management considering the interplay
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Trends in valuation approaches for cultural ecosystem services: A systematic literature review Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Laura Andreina Matos Márquez, Eva Caroline Nunes Rezende, Karine Borges Machado, Emilly Layne Martins do Nascimento, Joana D'arc Bardella Castro, João Carlos Nabout
Cultural ecosystem services constitute a field of research characterised by a growing number of publications from various academic disciplines. We carried out a systematic review of the literature that explicitly assessed with the valuation of cultural ecosystem services (CES). We used the review to identify, evaluate and interpret globally available research on the valuation of CES through the Web
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Valuation and mapping of the recreational diving ecosystem service of the Aegean Sea Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Valentini Stamatiadou, Antonios Mazaris, Zisis Mallios, Stelios Katsanevakis
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The Navigate framework: How the ecosystem services and resilience concepts can help us navigate in the current crises Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Laura Maebe, Marc Dufrêne, Hugues Claessens, Kevin Maréchal, Gauthier Ligot, Christian Messier
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Sustainability threshold for multiple ecosystem services in the Venice lagoon, Italy Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Silvia Rova, Alice Stocco, Fabio Pranovi
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Advancing spatial decision-making in a transboundary catchment through multidimensional ecosystem services assessment Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Alicia Correa, Jorge Forero, Jorge Marco Renau, Ivan Lizarazo, Mark Mulligan, Daniele Codato
Global change has led to significant impacts on ecosystem services, posing a threat to the livelihoods of local communities worldwide. It is essential to assess these services to integrate them into regional planning, and policy design. We conduct ecosystem services assessments to inform spatial decision-making in a transboundary catchment. We focus on Mira-Mataje (11617 km2) transboundary catchment
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Profit-efficiency analysis of forest ecosystem services in the southeastern US Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Andres Susaeta, Ester Gutiérrez, Sebastián Lozano
Technical, allocative, and profit efficiency of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris. Mill) forests in the southeastern United States, producing ecosystem services such as timber, tree biodiversity, water, and carbon sequestration, were estimated. This study employed a non-parametric two-stage approach involving data envelopment analysis (DEA) and robust linear regression. Utilizing data from the Forest
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How remote sensing choices influence ecosystem services monitoring and evaluation results of ecological restoration interventions Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Trinidad del Río-Mena, Louise Willemen, Anton Vrieling, Andy Nelson
Large-scale ecological restorations are recognized worldwide as an effective strategy to combat environmental degradation and promote sustainability. Remote sensing (RS) imagery, such as obtained from Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellites, can provide spatial, spectral, and temporal information on ecosystem service supply to support monitoring and evaluation of restoration interventions. However, because
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Stakeholder perceptions of agricultural landscape services, biodiversity, and drivers of change in four European case studies Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Monika Suškevičs, Katrin Karner, Claudia Bethwell, Florian Danzinger, Sonja Kay, Takamasa Nishizawa, Johannes Schuler, Kalev Sepp, Rando Värnik, Michael Glemnitz, Maaria Semm, Christina Umstätter, Tobias Conradt, Felix Herzog, Noëlle Klein, Thomas Wrbka, Peter Zander, Martin Schönhart
Many studies have explored farmers’ perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystem services, but fewer qualitative and cross-country comparisons exist. We develop a socio-ecological system to analyse agricultural landscape services, biodiversity, and drivers that have affected these services in recent decades. Via a systematic stakeholder mapping and 49 semi-structured interviews, we identify stakeholder
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Implications of changes in land use for ecosystem service values of two highly eroded watersheds in Lake Abaya Chamo sub-basin, Ethiopia Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Wolde Mekuria, Assefa Gedle, Yitna Tesfaye, Euan Phimister
Ecosystems provide a variety of ecosystem services and functions for mankind, and their sustainable use plays an important role in livelihoods. However, the resulting land degradation due to land use and land cover changes leads to loss of valuable ecosystems and associated ecosystem functions and services. This study takes two highly degraded watersheds, Aba-Bora and Guder, in Ethiopia and uses the
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Crowdsourcing social values data: Flickr and public participation GIS provide different perspectives of ecosystem services in a remote coastal region Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Tahlia Daymond, Margaret E. Andrew, Halina T. Kobryn
Spatial planning and environmental management are expected to adopt participatory processes. However, the needed spatial data on social values of ecosystem services are limited, especially for marine spatial planning for large, remote coastal areas, and the collection of such information can be time and resource intensive. Crowdsourcing techniques are cost efficient sources of social values data, but
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An evidence base of ecosystems services provided by diadromous fish in the European Atlantic Area Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Matthew Ashley, Arantza Murillas, Angela Muench, Cristina Marta-Pedroso, Lynda Rodwell, Sian Rees, Emma Rendle, Tea Bašić, Gordon H. Copp, Estibaliz Díaz, David J. Nachón, Patrick Lambert, Geraldine Lassalle
Historical and existing environmental and human induced pressures have negatively impacted diadromous species, as well as benefits to humans, derived from the ecosystem services these species contribute to. As species move across national boundaries, successful management is rendered a complex process. Future climate change scenarios are likely to change species distributions, further impacting management
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Landscape features shape people’s perception of ecosystem service supply areas Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Garau Enrica, Pueyo-Ros Josep, Jiménez-Aceituno Amanda, Peterson Garry, Norström Albert, Ribas Palom Anna, Vila-Subirós Josep
Landscapes have typically been produced by varied, diverse, and long-term interactions between people and nature. However, most landscape planning and ecosystem service mapping approaches focus on the biophysical aspects of landscapes rather the social. Spatial representations of people’s perceptions, mental models, and local knowledge of ecosystem services can be created using participatory mapping
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Ecosystem services footprint of international trade: Economic value of ecosystem services lost due to crop production Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Davina Vačkářová, Helena Medková, Petr Krpec, Jan Weinzettel
Agricultural activities utilize provisioning ecosystem services while degrading nature’s contributions to people of natural ecosystems. These impacts are partly driven by international trade and consumption abroad. The objective of this Communication is to introduce the concept of the ecosystem services footprint and provide a pilot calculation of the economic value of ecosystem services lost due to
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Emerging technologies for assessing ecosystem services: A synthesis of opportunities and challenges Ecosyst. Serv. (IF 7.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Uta Schirpke, Andrea Ghermandi, Michael Sinclair, Derek Van Berkel, Nathan Fox, Leonardo Vargas, Louise Willemen
Rapid technological development opens up new opportunities for assessing ecosystem services (ES), which may help to overcome current knowledge gaps and limitations in data availability. At the same time, emerging technologies, such as mobile devices, social media platforms, and artificial intelligence, give rise to a series of challenges and limitations. This study provides a comprehensive overview