The concept of 'natural capital'is gaining traction internationally as recognition grows of the
central role of the natural environment in sustaining economic and social well-being. It is …

We develop a theory of change for payments for environmental services (PES) to review
their imminent strengths and weaknesses in light of a growing body of impact evaluation …

Sustainable development requires jointly achieving economic development to raise
standards of living and environmental sustainability to secure these gains for the long run …

The central challenge of the 21st century is to develop economic, social, and governance
systems capable of ending poverty and achieving sustainable levels of population and …

Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) constitute an innovative economic
intervention to counteract the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. In theory …

Organic chemicals can contribute to local and regional losses of freshwater biodiversity and
ecosystem services. However, their overall relevance regarding larger spatial scales …

Landscape structure and fragmentation have important effects on ecosystem services, with a
common assumption being that fragmentation reduces service provision. This is based on …

Abstract The United States Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) has evolved from near open enrollment, to competitive enrollment, and now to a …

The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest
policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic …

Conventional agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been criticized for failing to exploit
conservation synergies that could be obtained from spatial coordination of conservation …