Connecting Marine Ecosystem Services to Human Well-being: Insights from Participatory Well-being Assessment in Kenya

Role of rainwater harvesting for improving the human well-being and ecosystem services

 Ecosystem services are fundamental for human well-being and are the basis of rural livelihoods, particularly for poor people. Rainwater harvesting can serve as an opportunity to enhance ecosystem productivity, thereby improving livelihoods, human well-being, and economies. Rainwater harvesting has been shown to create synergies between landscape management and human well-being. These synergi...

Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading and Well-Being in Kisumu, Kenya

Occupation Mediates Ecosystem Services with Human Well-Being

Occupation Mediates Ecosystem Services with Human Well-Being Mami Aoyama PhD, OTR a , Mark J. Hudson PhD b c & Kara C. Hoover PhD d a Department of Occupational Therapy and Associate Dean, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences , Nishikyushu University (University of West Kyushu) , Kanzaki , Saga , Japan b Anthropology, Department of Occupational Therapy , Nishikyushu University (University of West...

Invasive species, ecosystem services and human well-being.

Although the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on native species are well documented, the many ways in which such species impact ecosystem services are still emerging. Here we assess the costs and benefits of IAS for provisioning, regulating and cultural services, and illustrate the synergies and tradeoffs associated with these impacts using case studies that include South Africa, the Gre...

Linking Future Ecosystem Services and Future Human Well-being

Ecosystem services are necessary, yet not sufficient for human well-being (however defined). Insufficient access to the ecosystem provisioning service of food is a particularly important factor in the loss of human well-being, but all ecosystem services contribute in some way to well-being. Although perhaps long obvious to ecologists, the links between ecosystems and aspects of human well-being...