In the end, land use is not the most important component, according to Plantinga. "The point is to identify which types of ecosystem services are provided as land use changes," he concluded.

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 ...

High landscape diversity is assumed to increase the number and level of ecosystem services. However, the interactions between ecosystem service provision, disturbance and landscape composition are ...

Nature’s ability to provide services like clean water and food security is in jeopardy, threatening the very existence of human life. Nearly one million animal and plant species (out of an estimated ...

This year’s World Environment Day theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ highlights the importance of protecting and reviving the natural habitats of living beings to restore our ecosystems. This year, 5 June ...

Ecosystem services delivered by Brazilian mammals: Spatial and taxonomic patterns and comprehensive list of species. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation , 21 (4), 302-310. doi: 10.1016/j ...

Natural processes and ecosystems underpinning economies and public health provide services worth trillions of dollars annually. Investing in them should be a no-brainer.

The long-term impacts of marine heat waves on biodiversity and management strategies required to mitigate further damage were ...

The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity relies upon, according to a study published in ...

This year’s World Environment Day theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ highlights the importance of protecting and reviving the natural habitats of living beings to restore our ecosystems. This year, 5 June ...