New report by WWF is a contribution to the FSC's work on payment for ecosystem services. During its last General Assembly in October 2021, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) announced a new roadmap ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

The high-elevation mountain ecosystems in the Karakoram and Pamir mountain ranges encompass enchanting landscapes, harbor unique biodiversity, and are home to many indigenous pastoral societies that ...

WWF, Swiss Re Foundation, EY and AXA Research Fund launch a call for proposals in the light of a brand new Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Scenarios Modelling Initiative that aims to improve ...

One of the methods to assess Ecosystem Services (ES) - the benefits people obtain from ecosystems: the ES Matrix approach, has been increasingly used in the last decade. A review of its application ...

Assessments of seagrass restoration efforts have identified site conditions as the primary driver of success. (Photo by Kat Beheshti) As the dominant seagrass species on the U.S. West Coast, eelgrass ...

An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...

Background Green infrastructure is a strategic network of green spaces designed to deliver ecosystem services to human communities. Green infrastructure is a convenient concept for urban policy makers ...

A new study explores how communities of color remain excluded from all that nature has to offer. Making urban environments greener and giving residents greater access to nature is an increasing focus ...

Report highlights close link between economic development and the state of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The cost of not acting now to stem runaway nature loss is high, with poorer countries ...