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Payment for Ecosystem Services: institutional arrangements for a changing climate in the Chilean Mediterranean Region
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) can promote different types of governance arrangements to address the triple challenge of biodiversity loss,...
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Present and future suitability of the Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve in Ethiopia for the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) using the MaxEnt model
IntroductionThe Nile monitor ( Varanus niloticus ) is the largest lizard native to Sub-Saharan Africa along the Nile River. The species inhabits a...
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The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature
Nature provides many benefits for people, yet there are few data on how changes at individual sites impact the net value of ecosystem service...
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Smart Sustainable Cities of the New Millennium: Towards Design for Nature
Urban environments consist of a mosaic of natural fragments, planned and unintentional habitats hosting both introduced and spontaneous species. The...
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Economic assessment of rewilding versus agri-environmental nature management
Policies aiming at improving biodiversity often consist of costly agri-environmental schemes, i.e. subsidized grazing or mowing of semi-natural...
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Enabling nature-based solutions for climate change on a peri-urban sandspit in Christchurch, New Zealand
Barrier sandspits are biodiverse natural features that regulate the development of lagoon systems and are popular areas for human settlement. Despite...
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Evaluating giant panda as a surrogate species for conservation co-occurring species in the Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve
The establishment of nature reserves is a key approach for biodiversity conservation worldwide. However, the effectiveness of nature reserves...
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Assessing the adverse effects of a mixture of AMD and sewage effluent on a sub-tropical dam situated in a nature conservation area using a modified pollution index
Currently water resources in nature conservation areas are under severe pressure due to external drivers of anthropogenic pollution. There is a lack...
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A reserve is not always so good: change in landscape management after protection negatively affects the floristic diversity of an urban park
The aim of this study is to analyze the floristic changes occurred between 1991 and 2018 in the “Pineto Urban Regional Park” (Rome) as a result of a...
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How does a nature-based solution for flood control compare to a technical solution? Case study evidence from Belgium
The strategy of reconnecting rivers with their floodplains currently gains popularity because it not only harnesses natural capacities of floodplains...
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Detecting trade-offs, synergies and bundles among ecosystem services demand using sociodemographic data in Omo Biosphere Reserve, Nigeria
The complexity of the relationships among multiple ecosystem services (ES) is not fully understood. This could be because of the difficulty in...
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Analyzing climate variability and its effects in Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India: reaffirmation from local communities
Climate variability and continual occurrence of cyclones, flood and storm surge have greater implications on fragile ecosystem of Indian Sundarban...
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Non-timber Forest Product Income: What Implications for Social Safety-Nets in Afaka Forest Reserve Communities, Kaduna-Nigeria?
The analysis of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in social safety-nets context is a paradigm shift to focusing on the demand side of forest...
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Assessment of the estuarine shoreline microplastics and mesoplastics of the River Itchen, Southampton (UK) for contaminants and for their interaction with invertebrate fauna
The presence of shoreline microplastics (1–5 mm) and mesoplastics (5–25 mm) in estuarine ecosystems is ubiquitous, but there remains little data on...
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Land cover along hiking trails in a nature tourism destination: the Azores as a case study
Tourists have become increasingly interested in certain aspects of their destination, including landscape and biodiversity elements, thereby...
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Impacts of climate change and human factors on land cover change in inland mountain protected areas: a case study of the Qilian Mountain National Nature Reserve in China
Over the past few decades, natural reserves have been affected by both climate change and human activities, and their land cover has changed...
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“Biodiversity Offsetting” in Uganda’s Protected Areas: A Pathway to Restoration of Forest Biodiversity?
With limited national financing for conservation, there is an increasing interest in using biodiversity offset funds to strengthen protected area...
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In situ conservation of endangered tree species (Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd.) habitated in Agasthiyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Southern Western Ghats, India
Elaeocarpus venustus is an endemic as well as endangered tree species habitated in the wet evergreen forests of Southern Western Ghats (SWG), India....
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Promoting sustainable tourism destinations: support and its role in tourist environmentally responsible behaviour
Tourist environmentally responsible behaviour (ERB) is vital for ensuring the sustainable future of tourism destinations. Nevertheless, the drivers...
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Centipedes (Chilopoda) in urban forest habitats: the case of the metropolitan city of Rome area (Central Italy)
Three forest fragments located along a gradient from the central area of the city (an urban historical park) to increasingly peripheral areas (a...
