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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"cultural ecosystem services"”.
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Cultural ecosystem services of the Diep River corridor: community perceptions
The purpose of the study was to examine the cultural ecosystem service and the community perceptions of the Diep River Corridor that connects the Table Mountain National Park, Little Princess Vlei, Zandvlei Estuary, and finally feeds to the sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Constructed interview questions …
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The cultural ecosystem services provided by a semi-natural suburban wetland
Wetlands are recognized for the diverse range of ecosystem services they provide. However, most economic valuations focus on the biophysical ecosystem services and disregard the cultural ecosystem services. A better understanding of the cultural ecosystem services that suburban wetlands provide …
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The Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services Provided by Collective Gardens in Geneva, Switzerland
… as community gardens in North America, provide cultural ecosystem services (CES) to their membership. CES are the non-material benefits people obtain from nature. They include recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, physical and mental health benefits, and spiritual experiences. The objectives of this …
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The effects of invasive alien plants on cultural ecosystem services : tourism and recreation
… is a growing need and recognition in protecting ecosystem service delivery. While most literature on ecosystem services has focussed on provisioning and supporting services, this study looks at the less addressed cultural ecosystem services, specifically focussing on tourism and recreation. This …
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Cultural Ecosystem Services as a Framework for Evaluating Wilderness Values in Public Land Settings
… is a complex task. The application of the Ecosystem Services model is ideal for facilitating the complex duel goals of securing benefits and preserving wilderness resources. Ecosystem Services directly addresses benefits derived from a landscape, even if the specifics of the benefits change …
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Cultural ecosystem services and the avifauna of the Western Cape: a social-ecological systems investigation
The ecosystem services concept has become inextricably linked to the economic valuation approach. Such an approach rests upon a triple incoherency, inadequately accounting for relationships between natural components, social and natural components, and within society itself. These incoherencies …
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Perspectives on Wetlands’ Cultural Ecosystem Services and Indigenous Wetland Management Practices in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
The cultural ecosystem services of wetlands are the least researched category of ecosystem services because they are not tangible and difficult to quantify for material and non-material benefits. Cultural ecosystem services are non-material benefits communities get from ecosystems and are very …
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Assessing private forest landowner decision making in Illinois: applied management solutions for diverse objectives
… interview responses about the array of ecosystem services accruing from their forestlands. Finally, an examination of applied techniques to meet current forestry challenges was facilitated through a partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in central Illinois. …
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From cultural to supporting ecosystem services, the value of shelterbelts to prairie agriculture, Canada
… Knowledge gaps remain about shelterbelts' ecosystem services to the agro-landscape, hence hiding farmers' trade-offs in a changing agriculture. This research first investigated shelterbelts' effect on soil biological activity and fertility. Soil samples were collected in September 2012 from …
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Eco-hydro-morphodynamics and ecosystem services of near-natural river corridors
… worldwide, and knowledge of their dynamics and ecosystem services are often scarcedue to a lack of hydromorphological and ecological data, monitoring, and baseline studies. Despite the scarcity and fragmentation of pertinent studies, many national and international guidelines and directives …
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Cultivating Capacity in the Northeast's Native Seed and Plant Supply Chain
… an array of regulating, provisioning, and cultural ecosystem services that greatly benefit urban regions. However, largely missing from the discourse is how the chronic commercial shortage, or even unavailability, of most native plant species as seeds or nursery materials constrain efforts …
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Ibuyambo: reconnecting rural Xhosa people with the natural environment in the contemporary time
… a location for religious rituals and a wealth of culturally inspired uses within the landscape. This connection underlies certain cultural activities and functions such as religious and traditional rituals, fuel wood collection, water collection, and farming. However, this incredible connection is …
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Constraining natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the delivery of coastal ecosystem services
Coastal ecosystems provide key services that benefit human wellbeing yet are undergoing rapid degradation due to natural and anthropogenic pressures. This thesis seeks to understand how disturbances impact salt marsh and estuarine ecosystem functioning in order to refine their role in coastal …
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Linking sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) together with ecosystem services and disservices : new connections in urban ecology
… A critical evaluation of the SuDS approach, the Ecosystem Approach, ecosystem services and disservices enabled an innovative SuDS Communication and Planning Framework to be created. The framework highlights key amenity and biodiversity related ecosystem services and disservices produced by …
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Constraining Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Delivery of Coastal Ecosystem Services
Coastal ecosystems provide key services that benefit human wellbeing yet are undergoing rapid degradation due to natural and anthropogenic pressures. This thesis seeks to understand how disturbances impact salt marsh and estuarine ecosystem functioning in order to refine their role in coastal …
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A multifaceted approach to spatial analysis of ecosystem services: a case study in the New Forest National Park.
This study investigated multiple facets of Ecosystem Services (ES), utilising the New Forest National Park as the study site. The scope of the thesis begins with assessment of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), before exploring a range of ES in the SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in the …
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A Riverine Ecosystem Service Cascade Model (RESCaM) framework for assessing ecosystem service provision as applied to English geomorphic river types
Riverine ecosystems are considered the lifeblood of the Earth and because of this, have been exploited for centuries for social, agricultural and industrial development, resulting in their environmental degradation and simplification. This has led to a shift in the natural processes and functions …
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Le infrastrutture verdi nei paesaggi del vino: Linee guida alla pianificazione
… excessive urbanization, and the intensive agricultural practices have led to a relevant decline of the natural capital. A significant driver of this depletion is landscape fragmentation, whose solution has been envisaged by European policies through strategies including the adoption of the …
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Ecosystem services and urban water: an assessment of the goods and benefits accruing from sustainable approaches to urban water management
This research creates a linkage between Ecosystem Services (ES) and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in urban residential areas. The findings suggest that optimisation of ecosystem service goods and benefits, particularly cultural service and regulating service benefits, can be delivered …
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Advancing landscape sustainability science using scalable spatio-temporal landscape analytics with big data and machine learning
… attempt to balance human experience with ecosystem performance. Social and ecological data however, rarely align spatially or temporally; social-behavioral data can be highly localized, event-based, and rapidly changing, while ecological data can be coarser, slower to update, and collected …
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