This paper sheds light on the state of our knowledge of relationships between plant diversity
and tropical forests ecosystem services. We systematically reviewed the empirical evidence …

Although many examples of multiple-use forest management may be found in tropical
smallholder systems, few studies provide empirical support for the integration of selective …

Road construction demonstrably accelerates deforestation rates in tropical forests, but its
consequences for forest degradation remain less clear. We estimated a series of forest value …

Tropical forests host the highest levels of biodiversity and maintain some of the largest
carbon stocks of all terrestrial ecosystems. Policies resulting from the United Nations …

Infrastructure development, specifically road paving, contributes socio-economic benefits to
society worldwide. However, detrimental environmental effects of road paving have been …

Despite the importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for local livelihoods in tropical
countries and the increasing attention for biodiversity-ecosystem services relationships, it …

Tree species in tropical forests provide economically important goods and ecosystem
services. In submontane forests of southwestern Amazonia, we investigated the degree to …

Estuaries hold major economic potential due their strategic location, close to seas and
inland waterways, thereby supporting intense economic activity. The increasing pace of …

Abstract Indigenous forests represent South Africa's smallest biome, yet they are critical
spaces for aligning sustainable development goals with carbon mitigation activities and …

Despite increasing attention for relationships between species richness and ecosystem
services, for tropical forests such relationships are still under discussion. Contradicting …