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A. Smanis ; D. Fuentes ; P. Fuente ; A. Valdecantos |Drylands functioning depends on water fluxes and the retention of resources. The restoration of degraded areas should mimic the natural arrangement of vegetation in the landscape in a source-sink pattern. Reintroducing key woody seedlings throug[...]Article
Agriculture contributes to deforestation and the conversion of other terrestrial ecosystems, affecting important ecosystem functions. A growing share of the produced agricultural commodities is traded between countries. It is widely assumed that[...]Article
Common asset trusts to effectively steward natural capital and ecosystem services at multiple scales
Ecosystems (natural capital) produce a range of benefits to humans. Natural capital is best thought of as common property since many of the ecosystem services it helps produce are non-rival and/or non-excludable. Private property regimes and mar[...]Article
H. Zeng ; H. Zeng ; B. Wu ; M. Zhang ; N. Zhang ; A. Elnashar ; L. Zhu ; W. Zhu ; F. Wu ; N. Yan ; W. Liu |This review describes the latest progress of dryland ecosystem dynamic change in the Mediterranean region. Recent findings indicate that extent of dryland in the Mediterranean region has been expanding in the past decades and will continue to ex[...]Article
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B. Fu ; M. Stafford-Smith ; Y. Wang ; B. Wu ; X. Yu ; N. Lv ; D.S. Ojima ; Y. Lv ; C. Fu ; Y. Liu ; S. Niu ; Y. Zhang ; H. Zeng ; X. Liu ; Y. Liu ; X. Feng ; L. Zhang ; Y. Wei ; Z. Xu ; F. Li ; X. Cui ; S. Diop ; X. Chen |Given the increasing speed and intensity of ongoing climate change and human interventions, more systematic research is needed to realize the Sustainable Development Goals in drylands. The current research status of drylands globally was reviewe[...]Article
A. Malago ; S. Comero ; F. Bouraoui ; C.M. Kazezyilmaz-Alhan ; B.M. Gawlik ; P. Easton ; C. Laspidou |Understanding the complex relationships amongst Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE nexus) together with the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical for the development of a sustainable and secure future in the Medit[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Leau, lénergie et lalimentation constituent les trois commodités essentielles pour le fonctionnement de toute économie. Depuis un certain nombre dannées, leurs ressources ne cessent de se raréfier ou de se dégrader avec des degrés différents[...]E-Book
The System of Environmental-Economic AccountingEcosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) is a spatially-based, integrated statistical framework for organizing biophysical information about ecosystems, measuring ecosystem services, tracking changes in ecos[...]Ouvrage
N. Buclet | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : ISTE Editions | Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Management Series | 2021In the same realm as social ecology, industrial ecology and the circular economy, a new interdisciplinary field is growing: territorial ecology. Based on the analysis of the metabolism of human societies at a local level, it helps us diagnose a [...]Article
After thirty years of the framework legislation for parks, their effect on the territories and social communities that created new national park institutes in 1991 was investigated. Some significant indicators were used, such as demography, the [...]Article
E. Sanyé-Mengual ; K. Specht ; J. Vavra ; M. Artmann ; F. Orsini ; G. Gianquinto |Within the scholarly debate, Urban Agriculture (UA) has been widely acknowledged to provide diverse environmental and socio-cultural ecosystem services (ESs) for cities. However, the question of whether these potential benefits are also recogniz[...]Article
A. Capriolo ; R.G. Boschetto ; R.A. Mascolo ; S. Balbi ; F. Villa |We present methods and results of country-based natural capital assessments for four ecosystem services (ES) in Italy. The spatial mapping and the assessment have been carried out in both physical and monetary terms for (i) crop pollination, (ii[...]Article
Le palmier dattier constitue le pivot de lécosystème oasien et joue un rôle socio-économique important en participant à hauteur de 40 à 60% dans le revenu agricole de près de 2 millions dhabitants des oasis. Cependant, le secteur est confronté[...]Article
L. Augusto ; L. Saint-André ; F. Bureau ; D. Derrien ; N. Pousse ; L. Cécillon |Les sols stockent la majeure partie du carbone présent au sein des écosystèmes forestiers, avec plus de 100 tC/ha dans le premier mètre du sol. La gestion sylvicole est susceptible de modifier, à la hausse ou à la baisse, les quantités de carbon[...]Article
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Cet article étudie dans quelle mesure les services rendus par les étangs littoraux ou daquaculture contribuent à la satisfaction de vie des populations et des bénéficiaires de ces services. Cette contribution est évaluée par une hiérarchisation[...]Article
B. Bajzelj ; T.E. Quested ; E. Röös ; R.P.J. Swannell |Food waste undermines long-term resilience of the global food system by aggravating ecosystem damage. The global community must therefore work to reduce the amount of food that gets wasted. However, we should be mindful of some potential conflic[...]Article
Land use change at the local stage affects the flow of ecosystem services at all levels. Analyzing the causes of land use change such as anthropogenic activities in the case of the Ourika watershed will facilitate sustainable policies. A decisio[...]Article
Assessing ecosystem services supplied by agroecosystems in Mediterranean Europe: a literature review
Agricultural landscapes in the Mediterranean region may be considered as social-ecological systems that are important for biodiversity conservation whilst contributing to a wide range of ecosystem services. This literature review aims to identif[...]Article
D. Andrade ; F. Pasini ; F.R. Scarano |Agriculture is one of the main examples of the interface humankind-nature-technology. However, innovation in agriculture has often been associated to only one component of this tryptic: technology - in particular its development, use and applica[...]Article
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Ecosystem services and green infrastructure do not appear to inform spatial policies and plans. National governments hardly identify their ecological networks or make an effort to integrate them into their spatial policies and plans. Under this [...]Article
Over the last few years, there has been a growing concern among academics and practitioners about the slow pace in which sustainability transformations unfold. While most socio-technical transformations tend to happen over extended periods, rese[...]Article
C. Frasconi Wendt ; A. Nunes ; R. Verble ; G. Santini ; M. Boieiro ; C. Branquinho |Mediterranean drylands are particularly vulnerable to predicted increases in aridity which are expected to have negative consequences for biodiversity. To understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems, a framework for the selection of i[...]