Abstract Changes in land use and ecosystem services influence each other and such
changes have consequences for human wellbeing. In this paper, we review the research …

The potential for Blue Carbon ecosystems to combat climate change and provide co-benefits
was discussed in the recent and influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

A rural settlement is a socio-ecological system (SES) characterized by multiple systemic
attributes, including natural, socio-economic, morphological, and locational elements …

Conservation biology is a mission-driven discipline and is therefore subject to both drift and
the periodic adoption of fads and fashions. Although many basic conservation principles …

Recent evidence highlights the value of wild‐insect species richness and abundance for
crop pollination worldwide. Yet, deliberate physical importation of single species (eg …

Ecosystem services provide an instinctive way to understand the trade-offs associated with
natural resource management. However, despite their apparent usefulness, several hurdles …

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 …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems.
Employing the ecosystem service concept is intended to support the development of policies …

Ecosystem Services (ES) are an established conceptual framework for attributing value to
the benefits that nature provides to humans. As the promise of robust ES-driven …