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Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services are the invaluable benefits that humans derive from natural ecosystems, encompassing a diverse range of resources and processes...
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Grassland Ecosystem Function and Service
Ecosystem functions are the biotic and abiotic processes that occur within an ecosystem and may contribute to ecosystem services directly or...
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Whose Cultural Ecosystem Service Values Matter? Exploring Power Inequities in Diverse Mangrove Communities
Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are often contextualized as intrinsically derived or as providing important non-monetary benefits, which many argue...
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Analysing the fragile islandscape of Ritchie's Archipelago: understanding land use changes, biodiversity loss, and tourism impacts on both the ecosystem and islanders
This study aims to assess the spatio-temporal changes in land use and land cover within the Ritchie Archipelago islandscape by utilizing multi-date...
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Climate Crisis Impact on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
Ecosystem services encompass a broad spectrum of benefits to human society, making a substantial contribution to human well-being. Any disturbances...
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Climate change, flooding woes and mass exodus of inhabitants: an analysis of Kuttanad wetland ecosystem in Kerala, India
Although the ecological and economic services rendered by the wetland ecosystems are innumerable, the exposure of inhabitants to hazardous climatic...
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High Public Good Values for Ecosystem Service Attributes of on-farm Quinoa Diversity Conservation in Peru
Agrobiodiversity is associated with a range of important but poorly quantified public good ecosystem services, the conservation of which requires...
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Assessing the contribution of ecological restoration projects to ecosystem services values in the Chinese loess plateau
Large-scale ecological restoration projects (ERPs) in the Chinese Loess Plateau have been widely reported over the past decades. However, the impacts...
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Do Rising Flows Lift All Boats? Ecosystem Services Elasticity in the Dolores River Watershed
In the Colorado River Basin, annual weather variability and a changing climate complicate the management and allocation of water resources. As...
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Ocean Ecosystem and Its Multidimensional Eco-functionality and Significance
The earth is being considered as blue planet because such of its unique appearance from space and the blue color obviously is being imparted by the...
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The Wider Ecosystem of Hatun Q’ero
This chapter begins with an overview of Q’ero history since the 1970s and the divergent theoretical directions taken by the three ethnographers...
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The influence of community-based conservation governance arrangements on lion population in the amboseli ecosystem
The African lion has been the target of community-based conservation interventions that aim to halt the unprecedented decline of this iconic species...
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The Impacts of Peri-Urban Expansion on Municipal and Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Makhado Biaba Town, South Africa
The sub-Saharan cities are growing and changing due to immigration and modernization. One of the consequences of the current urbanization is that an...
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Ecosystem Services Analysis and Integration in Hengqin and Macao
With the rapid development of the city and economy, a series of environmental problems have emerged in Macao, such as the lack of freshwater...
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Evaluation on the change characteristics of ecosystem service in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, India based on land use change
Ecosystem services (ESs) simply refer to those services conferred by Mother Nature for the survival of her offspring living within. But the provision...
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A Strategic Environmental Assessment for Saldanha Bay to Determine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Service Thresholds
A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken for the Saldanha Bay region to estimate the proximity of natural capital features and...
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Dependency on Mangroves Ecosystem Services is Modulated by Socioeconomic Drivers and Socio-Ecological Changes – Insights From a Small Oceanic island
Small island develo** states (SIDS) display high biodiversity but are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change and economic and...
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Marine Life and Ecosystem Resilience as Oceans and Seas Get Increasingly Polluted
Oceans and seas harbor ecosystems that are dependent upon a sustainable exploitation of aquatic natural resources, and interactions with people. A...
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Gender Equality: Missing Ecosystem to Realize De Jure Equality
The author analyzes why ‘gender equality’ continues to be an elusive goal both globally and nationally (India). She focuses on the many initiatives...
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Aquaculture in the Ancient World: Ecosystem Engineering, Domesticated Landscapes, and the First Blue Revolution
Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector and accounts for more than 50% of the world’s fish food supply. The significant growth in...
