Chapter 11 Biodiversity Regulation of Ecosystem Services

Scenarios and models for exploring future trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services changes

Recommended citation: IEEP, Alterra, Ecologic, PBL and UNEP-WCMC (2009) Scenarios and models for exploring future trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services changes. This report provides the full results of the European Commission (DG Environment) contracted study on " Scenarios and models for exploring future trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services changes ". The overall purpose of th...

Co-benefits and trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation

The trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation were analysed in a biosphere reserve area. With the aim of proposing criteria for conservation plans that would include ecosystem services and biodiversity, a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based approach was designed to estimate and map the value of the biodiversity and ecosystem services. The actual protected a...

Chapter 2 Biodiversity , ecosystems and ecosystem services

Economic Development and Conservation of Biodiversity: Understanding the Interface of Ape Conservation and Industrial Agriculture

Tropical ecosystems sustain much of the earth’s biodiversity, provide countless natural products and services—both locally and globally—and play critical roles in the regulation of the climate and the carbon and hydrological cycles. The expansion of agriculture into tropical forest ecosystems will therefore have enormous impacts on factors such as human and animal health (Karesh et al., 2012), ...

Economic Development and Conservation of Biodiversity: Understanding the Interface of Ape Conservation and Industrial Agriculture

Tropical ecosystems sustain much of the earth’s biodiversity, provide countless natural products and services—both locally and globally—and play critical roles in the regulation of the climate and the carbon and hydrological cycles. The expansion of agriculture into tropical forest ecosystems will therefore have enormous impacts on factors such as human and animal health (Karesh et al., 2012), ...