Nature Conservation and Human Well-Being in Bhutan

Restoring forest landscapes for nature conservation and human well-being: advanced spatial decision support tools

Forest management involves dealing with conflicts between the protection of nature and the use of natural resources. Bad management practices have led to significant forest degradation worldwide. It is estimated that globally about 13 million hectares of forest are lost every year, leading to a massive loss of biodiversity and other forestrelated ecosystem services, such as soil stabilisation a...

What are the impacts of nature conservation interventions on human well-being: a systematic map protocol

Background: International policy has sought to emphasize and strengthen the link between the conservation of natural ecosystems and human development. Furthermore, international conservation organizations have broadened their objectives beyond nature-based goals to recognize the contribution of conservation interventions in sustaining ecosystem services upon which human populations are dependen...

Urban Nature for Human Health and Well-being

Accounting for the Impact of Conservation on Human Well-Being

Conservationists are increasingly engaging with the concept of human well-being to improve the design and evaluation of their interventions. Since the convening of the influential Sarkozy Commission in 2009, development researchers have been refining conceptualizations and frameworks to understand and measure human well-being and are starting to converge on a common understanding of how best to...

Understanding Human Well - being