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Exploring and developing new tools for the accounting and management of natural C sinks will provide a closer, more accurate option to remark the importance of such sinks in relation to livestock production, helping to support the persistence of[...]Article
Ecosystem services and human well-being have received increasing scientific interest owing to their importance in influencing sustainability. Yet, quantitative and visual analyses of the scientific literature on ecosystem services and human well[...]Article
The Covid-19 pandemic newly brings food resilience in cities to our attention and the need to question the desired degree of food self-sufficiency through urban agriculture. While these questions are by no means new and periodically entering the[...]Article
D. Walters ; D.C. Kotze ; A. Rebelo ; L. Pretorius ; N. Job ; J.V. Lagesse ; E. Riddell ; C. Cowden |Wetlands differ in their ability to provide ecosystem services, and thus there is a need to assess ecosystem service delivery in order to prioritize protection and restoration efforts. We used a Delphi-based expert-panel method to validate an ec[...]Article
Both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide, the resilience of agri-food systems depends on the human ability to balance between socio-economic and ecological trade-offs. Recent ecosystem services literature acknowledges that smallholder farme[...]Article
The use of the ecosystem services approach for ecosystem management, including the valuation of ecosystem services, has grown in recent decades. Although a common framework is used, each ecosystem has its own characteristics. The agroecosystem, [...]Article
A. Wezel ; S. Stöckli ; E. Tasser ; H. Nitsch ; A. Vincent |An ongoing decrease in habitat and species diversity is occurring in many areas across Europe, including in grasslands in mountain areas, calling for adapted biodiversity management and measures. In this context, we carried out 79 interviews wit[...]Article
The study was designed to quantify value and the spatial distribution of key ecosystem services such as wood production, habitat for biodiversity, carbon sequestration and air quality regulation in two areas: Ereğli and Yeşilkuşak[...]Article
M.M. Sy ; H. Rey-Valette ; C. Figuières ; M. Simier ; R. De Wit |Preferences elicitation can be a challenging exercise for citizens participating in assessment surveys. It is even more challenging when it comes to complex and unfamiliar ecosystems and the threatened ecosystem services they provide. Making peo[...]Article
M. Longo ; N. Dal Ferro ; B. Lazzaro ; F. Morari |Agri-environmental measures (AEMs) are meant to foster environmentally-friendly farming techniques. The use of AEMs to enhance agroecosystem quality is still under debate due to site-specific spatial mismatches that often occur between adopted A[...]Article
Forest management is an untapped tool, yet to realize its full potential to fight against climate change. The capability of forests to act as carbon sinks makes them a key resource to reduce CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. However, carbon w[...]Article
N. Boke Olén ; F. Roger ; M.V. Brady ; C. Larsson ; G.K.S. Andersson ; J. Ekroos ; P. Caplat ; H.G. Smith ; J. Dänhardt ; Y. Clough |Context The global demand for food is expected to continue increasing for decades, which may drive both agricultural expansion and intensification. The associated environmental impacts are potentially considerable but will depend on how the agr[...]Article
The production of food within cities through urban agriculture can be considered as a nature-based solution and is argued to be an important response to the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as to climate change and other urban challenges. Howev[...]Article
As urbanization and agriculture increase worldwide, habitats and food sources for wild pollinators are often fragmented or destroyed. As wild pollinators contribute both resilience and variety to agricultural fields, it is desirable to implement[...]Article
L.J.R. Barron ; A. Andonegi ; G. Gamboa ; E. Garmendia ; O. Garcia ; N. Aldai ; A. Aldezabal |This article describes a novel methodological approach for the integrated sustainability assessment of pasture-based dairy sheep systems. Most studies on livestock system sustainability focus on animal production, farm profitability, and mitigat[...]Article
Coastal erosion is a major issue facing Europe that will only worsen under future climate change and the resulting sea level rise. One effect of erosion is the loss of ecosystem services, which are provided by coastal areas, such as provisioning[...]Article
G. Letournel ; C. Pages ; L. Seguin ; C. Chaumont ; J. Tournebize |Concilier les enjeux eau et biodiversité dans les régions agricoles est un enjeu majeur pour les acteurs des territoires. À partir d'une expérience menée en Brie Nangissienne, où des zones tampons humides artificielles ont été créées pour favor[...]Article
Like agriculture and climate change, agriculture and biodiversity, and hence food security, are interconnected in both a negative and a positive sense. In this article, our author describes what we know about the links, what role the agricultura[...]Article
A. Zanzi ; F. Andreotti ; V. Vaglia ; S. Alali ; F. Orlando ; S. Bocchi |The expansion of urban agglomerates is causing significant environmental changes, while the demand and need for sustainability keep on growing. In this context, urban and peri-urban agriculture can play a crucial role, mainly if associated with [...]Article
G. Sethuraman ; N.A. Mohd Zain ; S. Yusoff ; Y.M. Ng ; N. Baisakh ; A. Cheng |Globally, farming systems are mostly dominated by monoculture, which has the advantage of profitability at the expense of ecological systems. Recent years have witnessed an increasing momentum in global efforts to deploy sustainable agriculture [...]Article
In the European Union (EU) context, regulatory instruments and incentive schemes targeting individual farms remain the main policy instruments implemented to control diffuse pollution from agriculture. Yet, collective approaches to policy implem[...]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
Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city a[...]Article
I. Caglayan ; A. Yesil ; Ö. Kabak ; P. Bettinger |In general, studies are carried out to determine the location and to resolve trade-offs in the management of forests according to ecosystem services. The government of Turkey also has been advancing this type of analysis in the practical managem[...]