Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions
Mary Ruckelshaus,Emily McKenzie,Heather Tallis,Anne D. Guerry,Gretchen C. Daily,Peter Kareiva,Stephen Polasky,Taylor H. Ricketts,Nirmal Bhagabati,Spencer A. Wood,Joanna R. Bernhardt +10 more
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In this article, the authors apply new approaches and tools for quantifying biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) in 20 pilot demonstrations and find that applying a BES approach is most effective in leading to policy change as part of an iterative science-policy process.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2015-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 486 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Decision support system.read more
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Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice
Anne D. Guerry,Anne D. Guerry,Stephen Polasky,Jane Lubchenco,Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer,Gretchen C. Daily,Gretchen C. Daily,Robert J. Griffin,Mary Ruckelshaus,Mary Ruckelshaus,Ian J. Bateman,Anantha Kumar Duraiappah,Thomas Elmqvist,Marcus W. Feldman,Carl Folke,Carl Folke,Jonathan M. Hoekstra,Peter Kareiva,Bonnie L. Keeler,Shuzhuo Li,Emily McKenzie,Zhiyun Ouyang,Belinda Reyers,Taylor H. Ricketts,Johan Rockström,Heather Tallis,Bhaskar Vira +26 more
TL;DR: Why ecosystem service information has yet to fundamentally change decision-making is explored and a path forward is suggested that emphasizes developing solid evidence linking decisions to impacts on natural capital and ecosystem services, and then to human well-being.
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Trees, forests and water : Cool insights for a hot world
David Ellison,Cindy E. Morris,Cindy E. Morris,Bruno Locatelli,Douglas Sheil,Jane Maslow Cohen,Daniel Murdiyarso,Daniel Murdiyarso,Victoria Gutierrez,Meine van Noordwijk,Meine van Noordwijk,Irena F. Creed,Jan Pokorny,David L. A. Gaveau,Dominick V. Spracklen,Aida Bargués Tobella,Ulrik Ilstedt,Adriaan J. Teuling,Solomon Gebreyohannis Gebrehiwot,Solomon Gebreyohannis Gebrehiwot,David Sands,Bart Muys,Bruno Verbist,Elaine Springgay,Yulia Sugandi,Caroline A Sullivan +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, a call to action targets a reversal of paradigms, from a carbon-centric model to one that treats the hydrologic and climate cooling effects of trees and forests as the first order of priority.
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Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda
Howard Frumkin,Gregory N. Bratman,Sara Jo Breslow,Bobby Cochran,Peter H. Kahn,Joshua J. Lawler,Phillip S. Levin,Phillip S. Levin,Pooja S. Tandon,Pooja S. Tandon,Usha Varanasi,Kathleen L. Wolf,Kathleen L. Wolf,Spencer A. Wood,Spencer A. Wood +14 more
TL;DR: A research agenda on nature contact and health is proposed, identifying principal domains of research and key questions that, if answered, would provide the basis for evidence-based public health interventions.
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Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability
Elena M. Bennett,Wolfgang Cramer,Alpina Begossi,Georgina Cundill,Sandra Díaz,Benis N. Egoh,Ilse R. Geijzendorffer,Cornelia B. Krug,Sandra Lavorel,Elena Lazos,Louis Lebel,Berta Martín-López,Patrick Meyfroidt,Harold A. Mooney,Jeanne L. Nel,Unai Pascual,Karine Payet,Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy,Garry D. Peterson,Anne Hélène Prieur-Richard,Belinda Reyers,Peter Roebeling,Ralf Seppelt,Ralf Seppelt,Martin Solan,Petra Tschakert,Teja Tscharntke,Billie Turner,Peter H. Verburg,E.F. Viglizzo,Piran C. L. White,Guy Woodward +31 more
TL;DR: The ecoSERVICES project as discussed by the authors is a platform to foster global coordination of multidisciplinary sustainability science through the lens of ecosystem services, focusing on three key questions that will improve incorporation of ecosystem service research into decision-making for the sustainable use of natural resources to improve human well-being.
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Embedding ecosystem services in coastal planning leads to better outcomes for people and nature
Katie K. Arkema,Katie K. Arkema,Gregory M. Verutes,Spencer A. Wood,Spencer A. Wood,Chantalle Clarke-Samuels,Samir Rosado,Maritza Canto,Amy Rosenthal,Mary Ruckelshaus,Mary Ruckelshaus,Gregory Guannel,Jodie E. Toft,Jodie E. Toft,Joe Faries,Jessica M. Silver,Jessica M. Silver,Robert J. Griffin,Anne D. Guerry,Anne D. Guerry +19 more
TL;DR: A ground-breaking effort to use ecosystem-service values and models within a coastal planning process to understand how human activities affect the flow of benefits, to create scenarios, and to design a management plan.
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