Highlights•Knowledge about ecosystem service production and distribution can foster
sustainability.•Ecosystem service governance best practices can improve ecosystem …

The relationship between biodiversity and the rapidly expanding research and policy field of
ecosystem services is confused and is damaging efforts to create coherent policy. Using the …

Ecosystem services can provide a wide range of benefits for human well-being, including
provisioning, regulating and cultural services and benefitting both private and public …

The paper aims to identify the gaps in the assessment and modeling of ecosystem services
to help researchers, resource managers, and decision-makers develop a holistic …

The 'Anthropocene'concept provides a conceptual framework that encapsulates the current
global situation in which society has an ever-greater dominating influence on Earth System …

Ecosystem services research has become a major academic field, drawing in various
academic disciplines, perspectives, and research approaches. The multifaceted concept of …

Managing multiple ecosystem services (ES), including addressing trade-offs between
services and preventing ecological surprises, is among the most pressing areas for …

Considering the increasing uptake of the concept of “ecosystem services” in landscape
management and environmental policies, it is urgent to establish a consensual framework to …

Understanding spatial distributions, synergies, and tradeoffs of multiple ecosystem services
(benefits people derive from ecosystems) remains challenging. We analyzed the supply of …

The crucial role which natural systems play in underpinning economic activity and human
wellbeing is of growing concern as evidence mounts of the increasing human pressures …