Modern agriculture or agricultural intensification faces a triple challenge: meeting growing food demands with less fossil ...

By recognizing and conserving all natural types of ecosystems ... which is essential to safeguarding ecosystem services, keeping common species common, and securing endangered ecosystems in ...

Each ecosystem type is potentially capable of supplying a range of ecosystem services, with the highest contribution from natural and semi-natural ecosystems. However, as in many countries, land ...

to highlight some important challenges for the future of cultural ecosystem services research. We reviewed 107 publications and extracted 20 attributes describing their type and content, including ...

Forests provide many ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation, biodiversity preservation, air and water purification, and soil protection. Together with the oceans, they are one of ...

This means that the focus of area classification is on the ecological importance and relevance for ecosystem services rather than on the type of land use. Structuring the areas is based on the ...