The Business Guidelines for the Non-Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services (DESEC, its Portuguese acronym) is available now in English.
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Publications
A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online
A new study with topic Sustainability Whack-a-mole is available online now. It looks at how ecosystem assessments often overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts. One example is how improved regulations of Chinese and European forests have led to deforestation in the tropics due to increased Chinese and European biomass imports. [Read more…] about A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online
Reports on ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe
The ECOSTAR Hub has published three original new reports benchmarking for the first time the size, scope, and scale of ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe for voluntary carbon, watershed investments, and biodiversity offsets and compensation. The reports have been developed by Ecosystem Marketplace and Etifor.
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Tropical forests Biodiversity sourcebook: online
The sourcebook aims to inform which data and methods can be applied to monitor some relevant Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) that supports the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) efforts to halt biodiversity loss. The EBV concept proposed by the GEO BON, Space Agencies, and the Earth Observation research community at large aims to support efforts for biodiversity monitoring.
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New Book: Mapping Ecosystem Services
Mapping ecosystem services delivers essential insights into the spatial characteristics of various goods’ and services’ flows from nature to human society. It has become a central topic of science, policy, business and society – all belonging on functioning ecosystems. [Read more…] about New Book: Mapping Ecosystem Services