The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has just published a report on ecosystem service accounting as the initial contribution of the JRC to the Integrated Natural Capital Accounting (INCA) project.
You can download the report here.
Publications
New articles on sustainable development in tropical ecosystems
The Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, has recently published two articles focusing on sustainable development in tropical ecosystems: [Read more…] about New articles on sustainable development in tropical ecosystems
New publication from ESP Mediterranean Working group
Members of the ESP Mediterranean Biome Working group have just published an article on the importance of ecosystem services for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Aichi Targets. In particular, the study explores how and which ecosystem services are currently considered in the SDGs and the Aichi Targets. The authors identified the information that is already available in current national ecosystem assessments, as well as the main knowledge gaps, for monitoring the progress towards the achievement of these goals.
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New Publications on marine ES from the Canary Islands
Our colleagues from University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) have been active in the last year with the evaluation of seagrass ecosystem services, mainly quantifying the nursery and fisheries services. Part of their research effort has been to assess the anthropogenic impacts related to nutrient enrichment in the water column and sediments.
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CIAT Publication on links between ES and human well-being
The Ecosystem Services Team from International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has a new publication: “To what extent have the links between ecosystem services and human well-being been researched in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?” in the Journal Ecosystem Services.
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