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New frontiers in Japanese Forest Policy: Addressing ecosystem disservices in the 21st century
Forests are a potential solution to numerous global environmental issues, and their restoration is widely pursued. Forty percent of Japan’s forests...
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Ecosystem services and disservices in the Luanhe River Basin in China under past, current and future land uses: implications for the sustainable development goals
Understanding how ecosystem services (ES) and ecosystem disservices (EDS) are affected by human-induced landscape changes is important to minimise...
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Assessment and potential of ecosystem services of ornamental dendroflora in public green areas
The green infrastructure of the city of Novi Sad is characterized by a significant presence of ornamental invasive alien species, which might lead to...
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Ecosystem services valuation: a review of concepts, systems, new issues, and considerations about pollution in ecosystem services
Managers can determine the function of ecosystem services in decision-making processes through valuation. Ecological functions and processes that...
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Existing evidence on the impact of changes in marine ecosystem structure and functioning on ecosystem service delivery: a systematic map
BackgroundThe current biodiversity crisis underscores the urgent need for sustainable management of the human uses of nature. In the context of...
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Beyond ‘trees are good’: Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry
The provision of ecosystem services is a prominent rationale for urban greening, and there is a prevailing mantra that ‘trees are good’. However,...
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Convergence in Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Supports Green Infrastructure Decision-making in a Semi-arid City
Effective management of cities using ecosystem services from green infrastructure (GI) requires explicit consideration of the linkages between...
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The Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Economic Value-Based Management in a Case Study of Protected Areas in Iran
Valuing the ecosystem services can relate the concepts of structure and function to management issues. The absence of a valuation system endangers...
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What evidence exists on how changes in marine ecosystem structure and functioning affect ecosystem services delivery? A systematic map protocol
BackgroundThe current biodiversity crisis calls for an urgent need to sustainably manage human uses of nature. The Ecosystem Services (ES) concept...
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An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services
Mainstreaming of ecosystem service approaches has been proposed as one path toward sustainable development. Meanwhile, critics of ecosystem services...
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A novel ecosystem (dis)service cascade model to navigate sustainability problems and its application in a changing agricultural landscape in Brazil
The ecosystem service framework has been instrumental in navigating local to global sustainability issues. Yet as ecosystem services (ES) focus on...
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Integrating ecosystem services and life cycle assessment: a framework accounting for local and global (socio-)environmental impacts
PurposeHuman activities put pressure on our natural ecosystems in various ways, such as globally through the spread of emissions or locally through...
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Indigenous people’s perception of the existing ecosystem services and pervasive drivers for the degradation of Boyo wetland, southern Ethiopia
Wetland ecosystems provide services to numerous communities worldwide. However, anthropogenic pressure continues to escalate in many wetlands,...
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Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Watercourses and Water Areas
Ecosystem services and disservices of the watercourse network in the Czech Republic are not systemized in detail yet. It is a pity for the Czech...
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Toward Forests’ Sustainability and Multifunctionality: An Ecosystem Services-Based Project
The multiple functions and potential uses of forests have triggered an enormous interest, including their essential function as a carbon sink and...
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Toward Forests’ Sustainability and Multifunctionality: An Ecosystem Services-Based Project
The multiple functions and potential uses of forests have triggered an enormous interest, including their essential function as a carbon sink and...
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Increasing plant diversity offsets the influence of coarse sand on ecosystem services in microcosms of constructed wetlands
As wastewater treatment systems that strengthen natural processes, constructed wetlands provide both ecosystem services and disservices. Manipulating...
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Scientific evidence for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
Ecosystems play a potentially important role in sustainably reducing the risk of disaster events worldwide. Yet, to date, there are few comprehensive...
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Evidence on the impact of Baltic Sea ecosystems on human health and well-being: a systematic map
BackgroundWhile the unique marine and coastal environment of the Baltic Sea provides numerous ecosystem services, its ecosystems are under pressure...
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Impact of urbanization processes on availability of ecosystem services in National Capital Region of Delhi (1992–2010)
The Southern and Eastern National Capital Region of Delhi is experiencing diversified and expanding urbanization as in million-plus cities of the...
