With the Ecosystem Service (ES) concept's popularisation, the need for robust and practical
methodologies for ES assessments has increased. The ES matrix approach, linking …

Water security, a key policy objective for sustainable development, is under stress as a result
of land use and climate change, especially in (semi-) arid areas like Iran. Land use change …

The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest
policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic …

Social-ecological systems (SESs) in Iran face escalating challenges and pressures due to a
multitude of environmental and social factors, such as global warming, population growth …

This study dynamically analyzes the trade-off between three ecosystem services (ESs),
including soil retention, habitat quality, and food supply in the Gorganrood watershed …

Human induced land use changes affect the provisioning of ecosystem services and may
follow some economic rationale. Allocation of limited natural resources to different land …

Community-based Forestry (CBF) is now a popular approach for landscape restoration,
forest management, biodiversity conservation and support for rural livelihoods worldwide …

This study aimed to establish a soil quality index (SQI) using factor analysis (FA) and
network analysis (NA) techniques for the assessment of soil quality after deforestation in …

Assessing ecosystem services supply is an efficient way to facilitate ecosystem
management, but there is no clear way to link ecosystem services to sustainable …

Abstract Lake Urmia in Iran has undergone catastrophic desiccation due to increasing
anthropogenic development, especially in the agricultural sector. A paramount national goal …