Many challenges posed by the current Anthropocene epoch require fundamental
transformations to humanity's relationships with the rest of the planet. Achieving such …

Highlights•We describe the IPBES Conceptual Framework.•It is a simplified model of
interactions between nature and people most relevant to IPBES's focus on sustainability.•It …

The construction of culture as a class of ecosystem service presents a significant test of the
holistic ambitions of an ecosystems approach to decision making. In this paper we explore …

Long-term scenarios play an important role in research on global environmental change.
The climate change research community is developing new scenarios integrating future …

Only 10 years remain to achieve all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally, so
there is a growing need to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of action by targeting …

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

The aim of this paper is to identify the role of conceptual frameworks in operationalising and
mainstreaming the idea of ecosystem services. It builds on some initial discussions from …

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 …

This paper aims to provide a conceptual analysis of cultural ecosystem services and how
they are linked to the concepts of landscape, heritage and identity. It discusses how these …

A major strength of the ecosystem services (ESS) concept is that it allows a succinct
description of how human well-being depends on nature, showing that the neglect of such …