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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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Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy
TL;DR: Solutions to forest pest problems in the future should mainly focus on integrating management approaches globally, rather than single-country strategies.
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Ecosystem disservices research: A review of the state of the art with a focus on cities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how ecosystem disservices have been recognized in the scientific literature and how the concept has been used in the discussion of socio-ecological systems, and they use a quantitative approach to assess geographical spread, focus and indicator choice.
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Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Understanding and Categorising Ecosystem Disservices for Environmental Management and Human Wellbeing
Charlie M. Shackleton,Sheunesu Ruwanza,G. K. Sinasson Sanni,S. Bennett,P. De Lacy,R. Modipa,N. Mtati,Mwazvita T B Sachikonye,Gladman Thondhlana +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a definition and a working typology of ecosystem disservices to help generate debate, policy, and management options around ecosystem services, and classify them into six categories: natural hazards, social hazards, natural hazards and social hazards.
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Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A review of the empirical links
TL;DR: The ESPA programme is funded by the UK Department for International Development, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as mentioned in this paper, with support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme.
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Soil ecosystem services, sustainability, valuation and management
TL;DR: The type, quantity or quality of soil ecosystem services (ES) depends on the specific environmental characteristics that will determine soil properties and functions and the valuation of soil ES depends on natural features and management type as discussed by the authors.
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The values for ecological service function of tropical natural forest in Hainan Island, China.
TL;DR: Based on the research results of the past 2 decades in Hainan Island by Jianfengling Long-term Research Station for Tropical Forest Ecosystems (JLRS), the values for ecological service function of natural tropical forest in HAINAN Island were calculated by means of methods of the forestation cost, equivalence prices substitution and environment repaired cost and so on as mentioned in this paper.
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The Values for Ecological Service Function of Tropical Natural Forest in Hainan Island, China
TL;DR: Based on the research results of the past 2 decades in Hainan Island by Jianfengling Long-term Research Station for Tropical Forest Ecosystems (JLRS), the values for ecological service function of natural tropical forest in HAINAN Island were calculated by means of methods of the forestation cost, equivalence prices substitution and environment repaired cost and so on as mentioned in this paper.
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Seasonal dynamics of gas regulation service in forest ecosystem
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors studied the gas regulation flux dynamics and cumulative process of gas regulation value in Qianyanzhou middle subtropical plantation (QYF) and Changbai Mountain temperate mixed forest (CBF).