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Valuing forest ecosystem services: What we know and what we don't
K. N. Ninan,Makoto Inoue +1 more
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In this paper, the authors review the studies that have tried to estimate the value of forest ecosystem services and discuss the shortcomings of existing studies, and suggest that future research should focus on the neglected ecosystem services, "disservices", assessing the role of dynamic factors and environmental catastrophes on the provision of ecosystem services.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 157 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ecosystem valuation & Ecosystem services.read more
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Matsucoccus bast scale in Pinus pinaster forests: A comparison of two systems by means of emergy analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a study was carried out in Cinque Terre National Park (Italy), in which pinewood are partially affected by the bast scale M. feytaudi, which is responsible for the destruction of most of the Pinus pinaster forests in the Mediterranean area.
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Diversity of Algorithm and Spectral Band Inputs Improves Landsat Monitoring of Forest Disturbance
TL;DR: It was found that ensemble performance substantially improved per number of model inputs if those inputs were drawn from a diversity of both algorithms and spectral bands, and the value of including both algorithm and spectral band diversity in the ensembles was found.
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“Communities in the middle”: Interactions between drivers of change and place-based characteristics in rural forest-based communities
Anita T. Morzillo,Chris R. Colocousis,Darla K. Munroe,Kathleen P. Bell,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Derek Van Berkel,Martin J. Lechowicz,Bronwyn Rayfield,Brian J. McGill +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual approach for characterizing trajectories of change in rural forest-based communities is presented, focusing on community dynamics, structure, and well-being in transitioning rural forested landscapes, synthesize insights on three commonly identified development trajectories.
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Economic value of regulating ecosystem services: a comprehensive at the global level review
TL;DR: The results of meta-analysis might be helpful to decision-making with respect to three aspects: first, planning and management of urban green cover for sustainable cities; second, integration of the economic value of all the regulatingcosystem services; third, budget allocation for conservation and improvement of regulating ecosystem services for the present and future generations.
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Linking urban air pollution with residents’ willingness to pay for greenspace: A choice experiment study in Beijing
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the nexus between urban air pollution and residents' preferences for greenspace and found that respondents exposed to higher pollution levels have higher willingness to pay for a new neighbourhood park.
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The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
Robert Costanza,Rudolf de Groot,Stephen Farberk,Monica Grasso,Bruce Hannon,Karin E. Limburg,Shahid Naeem,José M. Paruelo,Robert Raskin,Paul Suttonkk,Marjan van den Belt +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes, based on published studies and a few original calculations, for the entire biosphere, the value (most of which is outside the market) is estimated to be in the range of US$16-54 trillion (10^(12)) per year, with an average of US $33 trillion per year.
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Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks.
Sebastiaan Luyssaert,Ernst Detlef Schulze,Annett Börner,Alexander Knohl,Dominik Hessenmöller,Beverly E. Law,Philippe Ciais,John Grace +7 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that old-growth forests can continue to accumulate carbon, contrary to the long-standing view that they are carbon neutral, and suggest that 15 per cent of the global forest area, which is currently not considered when offsetting increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, provides at least 10 per cent the global net ecosystem productivity.
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CO 2 emissions from forest loss
G. R. van der Werf,Douglas C. Morton,Ruth DeFries,J. G. J. Olivier,Prasad S. Kasibhatla,Robert B. Jackson,G. J. Collatz,James T. Randerson +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the second largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, after fossil fuel combustion, is revised downwards, but tropical peatlands emerge as a notable carbon dioxide source.
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Soil Erosion: A Food and Environmental Threat
TL;DR: Soil erosion is one of the most serious environmental and public health problems facing human society as mentioned in this paper, and each year about 10 million-ha of cropland is lost due to soil erosion, thus reducing the croplands available for food production.