Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now
expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation, social and economic …

Many commentators suggest that tourism could help fund the ever growing number of
protected areas. The traditional reliance on government sources to support protected areas …

Although conservation efforts have sometimes succeeded in meeting environmental goals at
the expense of equity considerations, the changing context of conservation and a growing …

生态价值多元化实现是落实区域一体化生态保护格局的经济政策保障. 针对当前生态产品交易
制度不完善与市场活跃度问题, 以天目湖流域水质净化服务产品为例, 提出一条生态保护市场化 …

Abstract The 2010 Nagoya Protocol under the Convention on Biological Diversity and recent
changes in the policies of major international conservation organizations highlight current …

Our dependence on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) is increasing, due to
population expansion and economic growth. Consequently, maintaining biodiversity and …

Highlights•The effectiveness and equity of payments for ecosystem services (PES) in the
tropics are reviewed.•PES are generally environmentally effective but unfair.•There are …

Calls to strengthen flood risk governance are echoed across Europe amidst a growing
consensus that floods will increase in the future. Accompanying the pursuit of societal …

Distribution and procedure, two core social justice concepts, are central concerns for the
design and practice of payments for ecosystem services (PESs). This paper explores the …

Loss of biodiversity is one of the great environmental challenges facing humanity but
unfortunately efforts to reduce the rate of loss have so far failed. At the same time, these …