the entire land in the southern iran faces problems arising out of various types of land degradation, of which the vegetation type forms one of the major ones. the payab basin (522,470 ha), which covers the lower reaches of mond river, was chosen for a test risk assessment of this type. the different kinds of data for indicators of vegetation degradation were taken from the records and publishe...

Ecosystem Services Web (ESWS) are new web-based approaches to quantifying the benefits that humans derive from nature. Specifically, ESWS application of open web standards ecosystem service assessment facilitate creation, iteration, and dissemination in a seamless way. This integration streamlines collaboration, automation, curation, while providing an interface through which novel advances can...