Brendan Fisher

TL;DR: The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for linking the functioning of ecosystems to human welfare Understanding this link is critical for a wide-range of decision-making contexts.

TL;DR: The preliminary results show that regions selected to maximize biodiversity provide no more ecosystem services than regions chosen randomly, and spatial concordance among different services, and between ecosystem services and established conservation priorities, varies widely.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an integrative definition of QOL that combines measures of human needs with subjective well-being or happiness, and the policy implications include strategies for investing in opportunities to maximize QOL enhancement at the individual, community, and national scales.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the points they see as problematic with Wallace's framework and set out their conceptualization of linking ecosystem services with human welfare, and suggest that utilizing the terms intermediate services, final services and benefits should go a long way to clearing up much of the ambiguity in ecosystem services typologies, especially for economic valuation purposes.

TL;DR: Some simple economic analyses are provided to discuss key concepts involved in formalizing ecosystem service research, including the distinction between services and benefits, understanding the importance of marginal ecosystem changes, and formalizing the idea of a safe minimum standard for ecosystem service provision.