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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Ecosystem services valuation"”.
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A framework for determining remote sensing capabilities for ecosystem services valuation
Nature provides vital services—clean water, air purification, and climate regulation—to human societies thanks to the "natural capital" like forests and lakes on our planet. Accurately measuring and valuing these ecosystem services is crucial for informed economic and development decisions. Remote …
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Ottawa's urban forest : a geospatial approach to data collection for the UFORE/i-Tree eco ecosystem services valuation model
… estimate the value of the urban forest and the ecosystem services trees provide. The model relies on field-based measurements to estimate ecosystem service values. However, the methods for collecting the field data required for the model can be extensive and costly for large areas, and data …
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The Value of Cooperative Extension's Public Benefit Explored through Enhancements to Forest Ecosystem Services Provision
… benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services. Cooperative Extension educational programming positively impacts forest owners, who in turn conduct actions that enhance ecosystem services. A heretofore unrecognized relationship exists between Cooperative Extension and …
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Integrating Forest Ecological Processes, Management, and Carbon Payments to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs
… and economists have proposed to quantify ecosystem goods and services to establish policies that can preserve the ecosystem, provide better livelihood to the local stakeholders, and benefit society. The overarching question for this dissertation study is, ``How to quantify the trade-offs …
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Restoring freshwater quality: an integrated environmental, economic and ecosystem services assessment of reducing nutrient loads to Lake Rotorua
… of lakes is impacted by complex relationships of ecosystem responses to management actions, economic constraints, societal pressures and policy contexts. Research in this thesis was aimed at an integrated assessment covering these aspects to inform future lake restoration action. The overarching …