IPBES experts cite importance of 'co-production' of information with indigenous people With the planet losing species 100 to 1,000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, international experts ...

Despite calls by various international agencies, considerable work is still required to understand and incorporate the importance of earth’s ecosystems for informing public policies. Savannas comprise ...

Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) schemes are an underdeveloped component of the policy mix for catchment management in many countries. The importance of intermediaries to such schemes is ...

A new frontier is emerging in agriculture: a market for credits generated by conservation, sustainability and climate-smart practices such as cover crops, livestock grazing, crop rotation, carbon ...

Given that plantations cover 140 million hectares, or 4% of the global forested area, and are a growing source of round wood and pulp, Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantation Forests is very well ...

The benefits that people receive from nature are collectively known as ecosystem services. Should we reward those whose lands provide these services? Pablo Gutman, Director Environmental Economics at ...

Solomons, Md. (July 30, 2009) – While policymakers across of the globe are relying on environmental restoration projects to fuel emerging market-based environmental programs, an article in the July 31 ...

Hannah Robertson works for Monash University. PES can attract funding from government, such as for ranger programs, and from private sources, in the form of carbon credits and corporate social ...

While policymakers across of the globe are relying on environmental restoration projects to fuel emerging market-based environmental programs, a new article in Science by two noted ecologists warns ...