The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

S Keesstra, J Nunes, A Novara, D Finger… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services-goods and
resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to …

Urban wetlands: A review on ecological and cultural values

S Alikhani, P Nummi, A Ojala - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wetlands are a critical part of natural environments that offer a wide range of ecosystem
services. In urban areas, wetlands contribute to the livability of cities through improving the …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation

A Chausson, B Turner, D Seddon… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political
traction. However, national intentions to deploy NbS have yet to be fully translated into …

A meta-analysis of the ecological and economic outcomes of mangrove restoration

J Su, DA Friess, A Gasparatos - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Mangrove restoration has become a popular strategy to ensure the critical functions and
economic benefits of this ecosystem. This study conducts a meta-analysis of the peer …

Do European agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services? A meta-analysis

M Torralba, N Fagerholm, PJ Burgess, G Moreno… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Agroforestry has been proposed as a sustainable agricultural system over conventional
agriculture and forestry, conserving biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem service provision …

Restoration and repair of Earth's damaged ecosystems

HP Jones, PC Jones, EB Barbier… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them
holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services …

A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success

R Crouzeilles, M Curran, MS Ferreira… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Two billion ha have been identified globally for forest restoration. Our meta-analysis
encompassing 221 study landscapes worldwide reveals forest restoration enhances …

A global review of past land use, climate, and active vs. passive restoration effects on forest recovery

P Meli, KD Holl, JM Rey Benayas, HP Jones, PC Jones… - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Global forest restoration targets have been set, yet policy makers and land managers lack
guiding principles on how to invest limited resources to achieve them. We conducted a meta …