If a tree stands in the forest, and there’s no economist around to tabulate its benefits to humans, do those benefits still exist? Critically, the healthier our natural environment, the more — and ...

The lagoon generates $28.3 billion annually in local economic impacts, the study by The Balmoral Group found. That tops $7.6 billion from a previous economic study of the lagoon in 2016. Balmoral ...

As human development expands, birds are losing vital jobs in nature. This article explores what that means for ecosystem ...

A Perspective proposes a pathway to improvements in sustainability of marine ecosystems and resources in China. Based on environmental accounting used in China's terrestrial ecosystems, the approach ...

The Sargasso Sea ecosystem generates a variety of goods and services that benefit people. These goods and services, often referred to as ecosystem services, provide some outputs that are directly ...

Belinda Reyers, Patrick J. O’Farrell, Richard M. Cowling, Benis N. Egoh, David C. Le Maitre, Jan H. J. Vlok Ecology and Society, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jun 2009) (23 pages) ABSTRACT. Land-cover change has ...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) constitutes an integrated and comprehensive statistical framework for organizing data about habitats and landscapes, ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Jun 2014) (14 pages) ABSTRACT. Ecosystem services mapping and modeling has focused more on supply than demand, until recently. Whereas the potential provision of ...

In no other realm is the importance of biodiversity for sustainable development more essential than in the ocean. Marine biodiversity, the variety of life in the ocean and seas, is a critical aspect ...

This year’s observance of World Wildlife Day—3 March 2022—focuses on the recovery of key species and the restoration of the planet’s ecosystems. This important theme provides us with the opportunity ...