In recent decades, the scarcity of water resources, the deterioration of aquatic ecosystems
and associated repercussions for other ecosystems have become major global challenges …

Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are some of the most difficult ecosystem services (ES) to
characterize and connect to specific ecosystem processes. Given their connections to …

This study presents a meta-analysis of the economic values of global forest ecosystem
services. The meta-analysis is conducted based on data from primary studies published …

Being the most productive ecosystem on earth, wetlands provide basic as well as critical
ecosystem services to humans and other living beings. However, the wetland resources are …

Although the number of studies on ecosystem service value (ESV) has steadily increased,
large variations and inconsistent patterns in the estimated results have motivated us to …

Using various sources of information, we reviewed the literature about the economic
valuation of ecosystem services in Mexico. The objectives were to analyze the diversity and …

Urban green spaces are a key element of land-use policy. This paper aims to analyse what
kind of green spaces, formal and informal, are covered by documents that specify the spatial …

Urbanization is an important driver of environmental changes causing an increasing
demand of ecosystem services while altering natural ecosystems. Yet, the sustainable …

Grasslands provide a variety of ecosystem services (ESs) that contribute to human beings.
However, most grassland ESs are public goods with no market value and consequently …

Social multi-criteria evaluation (SMCE) is a decision-making tool used in complex and
uncertain social-ecological contexts such as those related to the management of natural …