A range of methods are available for assessing ecosystem services. Methods differ in their
aims; from mapping and modelling the supply and demand of ecosystem services to …

US cities are investing heavily in green infrastructure (GI) to manage stormwater and
improve local water quality. However, many other ecosystem services (ES) are attributed to …

Evidence shows that green infrastructure planning relies on technocratic and economic
valuation approaches to protect lands of high monetary value against flooding without …

Abstract In Central Africa, local populations are deeply dependent on tropical forests, which
provide numerous ecosystem services (ES). For the first time in Central Africa, we assessed …

The study examines the socio-cultural values of multiple ecosystem services (ES) sourced
from whales in Skjálfandi Bay, North Iceland, with many beneficiaries living in and visiting …

Protected areas in Malaysia have always been managed using top-down approach that
often exclude the local communities, who are the main users of ecosystem services, from the …

Mangroves are characteristic ecosystems of the coastal zones of the tropics and subtropics
of the world and are considered of great importance, both for global biodiversity and for the …

Sociocultural valuation (SCV) of ecosystem services (ES) discloses the principles,
importance or preferences expressed by people towards nature. Although ES research has …

Notwithstanding the increased interest in, and development of, sociocultural valuation
methods, the structure and replicability of these methods' procedures are critiqued. To …

The social role of peri-urban forests is diversifying, and this implies that peri-urban forests
are redesigned to meet and shape social demands. A key challenge is the integration of the …