In the last decades, there have been large areas of agricultural land that were abandoned in
Europe, producing significant social and environmental impacts. Land abandonment is a …

Local ecological knowledge and the land use practices of forest resource users who rely on
this form of knowledge play a crucial role for biodiversity conservation in managed forests …

We are increasingly confronted with severe social and economic impacts of environmental
degradation all over the world. From a valuation perspective, environmental problems and …

Ecosystem services studies currently lack information regarding stakeholders' socio-cultural
values. This information is highly relevant to human well-being, which is the motivation of …

Context Although there is a need to develop a spatially explicit methodological approach
that addresses the social importance of cultural ecosystem services for regional planning …

In environmental valuation, although it is well recognised that the choice of method heavily
affects the outcome, little is known on how existing valuation methods actually elicit the …

Multifunctional landscapes provide critical benefits and are essential for human well‐being.
The relationship between multifunctional landscapes and well‐being has mostly been …

Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) of Rio
1992, international sustainability initiatives and intergovernmental organizations have called …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) to climate change and other environmental challenges face a
well-documented shortfall in financing and resource allocation. Economic evaluations of …

Ecosystem services valuation has become a popular approach to weighing trade-offs in
environmental management, particularly where natural resources such as freshwater are …