Perceived importance and economic valuation of ecosystem services in Ghodaghodi wetland of Nepal

K Aryal, BR Ojha, T Maraseni - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Appraisal of Empirical Studies on Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes and Their Impact on Ecosystem Services in Nepal Himalaya

MK Rai, B Paudel, Y Zhang, P Nepal, NR Khanal, L Liu… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) and their impact on ecosystem
services (ESs) is vital for Nepal, where the majority of people are dependent on agriculture …

Valuation of ecosystem services from an important wetland of Nepal: a study from Begnas watershed system

S Thapa, L Wang, A Koirala, S Shrestha, S Bhattarai… - Wetlands, 2020 - Springer
Determining the economic value of wetlands is essential while creating sustainable wetland
development plans and market-based ecological protection strategies. This paper studies …

Quantifying landscape and social amenities as ecosystem services in rapidly changing peri-urban landscape

A Aziz, MM Anwar, M Majeed, S Fatima, SS Mehdi… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The peri-urban landscape is a highly dynamic area between the urban zone and the rural
belt. The heterogeneous natural landscape around the cities provides several ecosystem …

Water allocation using ecological and agricultural value of water

A Hatamkhani, A Moridi, M Asadzadeh - Sustainable Production and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although wetlands are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world,
they are under threat due to human activities and agricultural developments. The economic …

[HTML][HTML] A proposed framework for economic valuation and assessment of damages cost to national wetlands ecosystem services using the benefit-transfer approach

J Badamfirooz, R Mousazadeh, H Sarkheil - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
Wetland valuation is a policy tool available to environmental planners and policy-makers to
justify the general costs of wetland preservation activities. Because there is no integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of invasive alien plants on ecosystem services of Ramsar lake cluster in middle mountain Nepal

HN Pathak, DR Bhuju, BB Shrestha… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological invasions have significant impacts on ecosystems, the services provided by
ecosystems, and associated economies. In wetlands, invasion by alien plants can impact the …

Local Users and Other Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Identification and Prioritization of Ecosystem Services in Fragile Mountains: A Case Study of Chure Region of …

RP Acharya, TN Maraseni, G Cockfield - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Forest-based ecosystem services (ES) play a vital role in improving people's livelihoods, the
environment, and the economy. Prior studies have focused on technical aspects of …

[HTML][HTML] Management of wetlands and livelihood opportunities in Kinawataka wetland, Kampala-Uganda

SJ Kakuba, JM Kanyamurwa - Environmental challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
Wetlands are globally recognized as ecosystems that provide livelihood opportunities in
aptly structured management contexts. Many wetlands, particularly those in urban Uganda …

Interactions between freshwater ecosystem services and land cover changes in southern Bangladesh: A perspective from short-term (seasonal) and long-term (1973 …

N Huq, A Bruns, L Ribbe - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
We aimed to assess the long-term (1973–2014) and short-term (pre-and post-monsoon)
quantities, values and changes of freshwater ecosystem services (FES) in the wetland areas …