A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review

G Garland, S Banerjee, A Edlinger… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years there has been an upsurge of studies on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF),
or the ability of ecosystems to simultaneously provide multiple functions and/or services. The …

Gross ecosystem product (GEP): Quantifying nature for environmental and economic policy innovation

H Zheng, T Wu, Z Ouyang, S Polasky, M Ruckelshaus… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
The large-scale loss of ecosystem assets around the world, and the resultant reduction in
the provision of nature's benefits to people, underscores the urgent need for better metrics of …

Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services

OY Liu, A Russo - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Maintaining ecosystem services is a key adaption option towards sustainable cities and
adaptive societies in securing citizens' health and wellbeing. This research investigates the …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between ecological condition and ecosystem services in European rivers, lakes and coastal waters

B Grizzetti, C Liquete, A Pistocchi, O Vigiak… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
We quantify main ecosystem services (ie the contribution of ecosystems to human well-
being) provided by rivers, lakes, coastal waters and connected ecosystems (riparian areas …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a bioeconomy monitoring framework for the European Union: An integrative and collaborative approach

N Robert, J Giuntoli, R Araujo, M Avraamides, E Balzi… - New …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The EU Bioeconomy Strategy, updated in 2018, in its Action Plan pledges an EU-
wide, internationally coherent monitoring system to track economic, environmental and …

Integrating GEDI and Landsat: Spaceborne lidar and four decades of optical imagery for the analysis of forest disturbances and biomass changes in Italy

S Francini, G D'Amico, E Vangi, C Borghi, G Chirici - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forests play a prominent role in the battle against climate change, as they absorb a relevant
part of human carbon emissions. However, precisely because of climate change, forest …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping hotspots and bundles of forest ecosystem services across the European Union

F Orsi, M Ciolli, E Primmer, L Varumo, D Geneletti - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Forests cover about 40% of the European Union (EU), providing a wide spectrum of
invaluable ecosystem services to more than half a billion people. In order to protect and …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

Constraints and opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy: Insights from the IPBES assessment for …

R Simoncini, I Ring, C Sandström, C Albert, U Kasymov… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), being one of the
strongest drivers of agricultural land-use practices, has a substantial impact on biodiversity …

Trends and evolution in the concept of marine ecosystem services: an overview

E Buonocore, U Grande, PP Franzese, GF Russo - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biotic and abiotic assets of the marine environment form the “marine natural capital”
embedded in the global ocean. Marine natural capital provides the flow of “marine …