29 Mar Report on Economic Mapping and Assessment Methods for Ecosystem Services

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This report provides an overview of economic methods for mapping and assessment of ecosystem services. In this context, the term “mapping” is used to mean the description and representation of spatial variation. Mapping therefore includes both the representation of data on maps and/or the process...

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29 Mar On the investigation of an economic value for forest ecosystem services in the past 30 years: Lessons learnt and future insights from a North–South perspective

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The aim of the present study is to investigate key variables driving the FES value at the global level. These include, other than socio-economic information, the ecosystem services' quality condition and the location of the study. The research uses a meta-regression of 478 observations from...

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28 Mar Valuing Natural Ecosystems: The Case of National Park Kotychi-Strofilia in Peloponnese, Greece

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The present work values an extremely sensitive and protected ecosystem in the Southern Peloponnese, namely the National Park of Waterfalls of Kotychi – Strofilia, which comprises one of the largest pine forests in Europe (Strofilia) and several important wetlands and lagoons (Kotychi). The Contingent Valuation...

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28 Mar Ecological restoration based on natural succession and conservation education in a quarry on the Mesa de Ocaña

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In Mesa de Ocaña, the ecological restoration of the mines was carried out with the aim of creating a 250 ha nature reserve, which favours the edaphological, floristic, structural and functional diversity of the regional ecosystems, creating and improving ecological niches for the regional fauna...

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28 Mar The Economics of the Atewa Forest Range, Ghana

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The Atewa Forest Reserve (Ghana) is being degraded by logging and non-timber exploitation and expansion of agricultural land and gold mines. This is affecting water flows and water quality, harming the population. This study assesses and evaluates the costs and benefits that may occur in...

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27 Mar Water management and corporate social performance in the food and beverage industry

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This study identified water ecosystem indicators used in the food and beverage industry to assess corporate water risk management. To this end, the relationship between corporate water risk management and the overall corporate social performance of 61 companies in the food and beverage sector was...

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26 Mar Mapping monetary values of ecosystem services in support of developing ecosystem accounts

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This study examines how ecosystem services can be valued and mapped, in this case in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Four provisioning services (timber, palm oil, rattan and rice), one regulating service (carbon sequestration) and two cultural services (nature recreation and wildlife habitat) were considered and their...

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26 Mar Falcons using orchard nest boxes reduce fruit- eating bird abundances and provide economic benefits for a fruit- growing region

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This study is based on the use of kestrels to reduce the abundance of fruit-eating birds in orchards. Counts and transect observations were made to investigate variation in bird abundance and estimate cherry loss in orchards where nest boxes were placed compared to areas without...

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22 Mar A global review of the ecosystem services provided by bivalve aquaculture

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The study is based on the overall assessment of the commercial and non-commercial value of bivalve aquaculture. It demonstrates that bivalve aquaculture provides benefits in all types of ecosystem services. It assesses supporting services (nutrient cycling through filter feeding and sediment creation and providing habitats...

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22 Mar Agroforestry is paying off. Economic evaluation of ecosystem services in European landscapes with and without agroforestry systems

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The study is based on the economic assessment of marketable (biomass production) and non-marketable (groundwater, nutrient loss, soil loss, carbon sequestration and pollination deficit) ecosystem services in 11 agroforestry landscapes in regions of Europe. Eight random sites were selected in each region and four were...

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