Payments for environmental services (PES), the non-provisioning part of ecosystem services, target alignment of microeconomic incentives for land users with meso-and …
Rural areas still account for almost half the world's population, and about 70% of the developing world's poor people.{9.1. 1}. There is a lack of clear definition of what constitutes …
Although a few texts on forest hydrology are available, they cover very little, if any, background on water resources. On the other hand, books dealing with water resources do …
This study integrates the use of multi-source and multi-resolution remote sensing, topographic and field-based datasets to quantify land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes …
The production of flood hazard assessment maps is an important component of flood risk assessment. This study analyses flood hazard using flood mark data. The chosen case study …
YA Liou, AK Nguyen, MH Li - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
An indicator of quantifying eco-environmental vulnerability was established by synthesizing 12 variables, mainly retrieved from satellite data with incorporation of analytical hierarchy …
L Loft, C Mann, B Hansjürgens - Ecosystem Services, 2015 - Elsevier
The emergence of the concept of ecosystem services has resulted in a paradigm shift in the ethical and political foundations of biodiversity conservation, from conserving nature due to …
Forests in mountain areas provide an indispensable ecosystem service by protecting people and infrastructure against natural hazards. As forests are increasingly affected by global …
J Merten, C Stiegler, N Hennings, ES Purnama… - Ecology and …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The rapid expansion of rubber and oil palm plantations in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, is associated with largescale deforestation and the impairment of many …