Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

C Folke, S Polasky, J Rockström, V Galaz, F Westley… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Payments for environmental services: Past performance and pending potentials

S Wunder, J Börner, D Ezzine-de-Blas… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We develop a theory of change for payments for environmental services (PES) to review
their imminent strengths and weaknesses in light of a growing body of impact evaluation …

The global status and trends of Payments for Ecosystem Services

J Salzman, G Bennett, N Carroll, A Goldstein… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Recent decades have witnessed a considerable increase in Payments for Ecosystem
Services (PES)—programmes that exchange value for land management practices intended …

The effectiveness of payments for environmental services

J Börner, K Baylis, E Corbera, D Ezzine-de-Blas… - World …, 2017 - Elsevier
We adopt a theory-based approach to synthesize research on the effectiveness of payments
for environmental services in achieving environmental objectives and socio-economic co …

From principles to practice in paying for nature's services

S Wunder, R Brouwer, S Engel, D Ezzine-de-Blas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) constitute an innovative economic
intervention to counteract the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. In theory …

Navigating the complexity of ecological stability

I Donohue, H Hillebrand, JM Montoya… - Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Human actions challenge nature in many ways. Ecological responses are ineluctably
complex, demanding measures that describe them succinctly. Collectively, these measures …

Ecotourism and sustainable development: a scientometric review of global research trends

L Xu, C Ao, B Liu, Z Cai - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023 - Springer
With the increasing attention and awareness of the ecological environment, ecotourism is
becoming ever more popular, but it still brings problems and challenges to the sustainable …

A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

C Luederitz, E Brink, F Gralla, V Hermelingmeier… - Ecosystem …, 2015 - Elsevier
Global urbanization creates opportunities and challenges for human well-being and
transition towards sustainability. Urban areas are human-environment systems that depend …

Payments for ecosystem services: rife with problems and potential—for transformation towards sustainability

KMA Chan, E Anderson, M Chapman, K Jespersen… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs are one prominent strategy to address
economic externalities of resource extraction and commodity production, improving both …

In markets we trust? Setting the boundaries of market-based instruments in ecosystem services governance

E Gómez-Baggethun, R Muradian - Ecological Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
A growing tendency to frame environmental problems as a failure to price ecosystem
services has coincided with the rise of so-called “Market-Based Instruments”(MBIs). The aim …