Interdisciplinary research for managing ecosystem services

Interdisciplinary research for managing ecosystem services.

L ike all good assessments, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) provided a state-ofthe-art summary of relevant knowledge, in this case, of the state and trends of the world’s ecosystems. The MA went further by developing a novel framework for analyzing the fundamental relationship between the well-being of human societies and the ecosystem services on which we depend (1). In this issue of ...

Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) introduced a new framework for analyzing social-ecological systems that has had wide influence in the policy and scientific communities. Studies after the MA are taking up new challenges in the basic science needed to assess, project, and manage flows of ecosystem services and effects on human well-being. Yet, our ability to draw general conclusions rema...

Managing for Ecosystem Services and Livestock Production: Are There Tradeoffs?

Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services

www.frontiersinecology.org © The Ecological Society of America C evidence is accumulating from terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems to suggest that sustainable ecosystem services depend upon a diverse biota (Daily et al. 1997; Loreau et al. 2001; Tilman et al. 2001; Wall et al. 2004; MA 2005; Sala and Knowlton 2006; Worm et al. 2006; Butler et al. 2007; Hector and Bagchi 2007). In princi...

Challenges to interdisciplinary research in ecosystem-based management.

Despite its necessity, integration of natural and social sciences to inform conservation efforts has been difficult. We examined the views of 63 scientists and practitioners involved in marine management in Mexico's Gulf of California, the central California coast, and the western Pacific on the challenges associated with integrating social science into research efforts that support ecosystem-b...