Services provided by soils are vital for the well being of humans. The biodiversity-ecosystem services relationship is a hot topic in science but to what extent is it evident in soils? Aa Aa Aa ...

Savannas comprise nearly one third of global terrestrial ecosystems and support many local and Indigenous communities, but the value of their ecosystem services (ES) is insufficiently understood. This ...

The benefits that people get from nature are known as ecosystem services. Ecosystem services can be roughly divided into: Supporting services – those services creating conditions necessary for the ...

Whales enhance phytoplankton growth, which absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide. The value of this service is estimated to ...

International Journal of the Commons Vol. 12, No. 1, 2018 ‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse... ‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse: toward a conceptual framework based on ecosystem ...

Ecosystem services are the benefits and functions that natural ecosystems provide to people. They include provision of food and clean water, pollination of crops, climate regulation and ecotourism.

We bring spatial biodiversity planning tools into urban planning. Our aim is to develop methods that would allow urban planners and managers better incorporate biodiversity to their spatial plans.

Urbanisation causes profound environmental changes, often reducing ecosystem services, i.e. benefits from nature to human well-being. Knowledge of how to manage urban ecosystems to retain ecosystem ...

New analysis from scientists at the Natural History Museum reveals that current conservation efforts are not adequately protecting the most critical ecosystem services on which six billion people ...