Ecosystem services

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Abstract Forests supply multiple ecosystem services, categorized into provisioning (e.g. wood), regulating (e.g. climate change mitigation, biodiversity protection) and cultural (e.g. recreation)
Ecosystem services
Policy
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Abstract Grasslands are key for food security and provide important ecosystem services. Intensive management, such as frequent mowing, increases productivity but decreases other ecosystem services as
Biodiversity
Ecosystem services
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Purpose of Review Agroforestry and urban forestry have evolved mainly as separate disciplines, although they share a long history of tree cultivation in man-made environments. Here, we review their
Agroforestry
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Governance
Urban forests
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Resilience is commonly addressed when dealing with the sustainable planning and management of social–ecological systems, but we lack a unified framework for its quantitative assessment and application
Ecosystem services
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Download Policy Brief 8: How can we make Payments for Environmental Services work? Download the graph: Payments for environmental services (PES) - principle, preconditions, and best practice. Please
Ecosystem services
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The world is currently facing uncertainty caused by environmental, social, and economic changes and by political shocks. Fostering social-ecological resilience by enhancing forests’ ability to provide
Biodiversity
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Resilience