Legal Instruments to Protect Ecosystem Services: Alexandre Altmann presented in Coimbra University Faculty of Law (Portugal) the PhD thesis denominated “Legal Instruments to Protect Ecosystem Services”. The author proposes the adoption of a “Legal Theory of Ecosystem Services” to systematize and operationalize the ES concept in the design of laws, court decisions, contracts, political / administrative decision making, etc. Author contact: [email protected]
Publications
Biodiversity increasing yield in a paddy field
Biodiversity increasing yield in a paddy field: researchers from São João Del Rey University, in the Southwest of Brazil highlighted the importance of preserving heterogeneity of paddy fields, which may increase species and benefits they provide to the crop. More information with Anderson O. Latini – [email protected]
Updates from Brazil: Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective
Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective: The “Mata Atlântica” project translated to Portuguese the document “Making Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Effective: Parameters to define qualification criteria and quality standards”. The publication provides practical information for designing, implementing and monitoring EbA measures.
The Biodiversity and Climate Change project in the Atlantic Forest (“Mata Atlântica Project”) is coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA), in the context of the Brazil-Germany Cooperation for Sustainable Development, within the scope of the International Climate Protection Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany. The initiative has technical support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and financial support from KfW.
Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services – A case study for Germany
This open access paper has several members of the ESP Thematic Working Group 11 – Global ES Flows among its authors. The paper is a result of the sDiv synthesis project sTeleBES which was initiated by TWG-11. Read more.
Analyzing Carbon Stocks in a Mediterranean Forest Enterprise: A Case Study from Kizildag, Turkey
The highlights in this new publication are:
- Forests, grasslands, and agricultural areas are the primary deposits of carbon.
- Forests have an enormous storage capacity of carbon compared to other terrestrial ecosystems.
- The vast majority of carbon stocked in soil component for each land use/land cover classes.
- Special attention should be paid for soil carbon studies.
- Negative effects of climate change can be reversed by proper forest management.
Read the full paper here.