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Ecosystem services and nature's contribution to people: negotiating diverse values and trade-offs in land systems

Ellis, E.C.; Pascual, U.; Mertz, O. (Elsevier, 2019)

Land is increasingly managed to serve multiple societal demands. Beyond food, fiber, habitation, and recreation, land is now being called on to meet demands for carbon sequestration, water purification, biodiversity ...

Climate change impact, adaptation, and mitigation in temperate grazing systems: A review

Ghahramani, A.; Howden, S.M.; del Prado, A.; Thomas, D.T.; Moore, A.D.; Ji, B.; Ates, S. (MDPI, 2019)

Managed temperate grasslands occupy 25% of the world, which is 70% of global agricultural land. These lands are an important source of food for the global population. This review paper examines the impacts of climate change ...

Indicators for relational values of nature s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia

Schröter, M.; Basak, E.; Christie, M.; Church, A.; Keune, H.; Osipova, E.; Oteros-Rozas, E.; Sievers-Glotzbach, S.; Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E.; Balvanera, P.; González, D.; Jacobs, S.; Molnár, Z.; Pascual, U.; Martín-López, B. (Taylor and Francis, 2020)

Relational values are values of desirable relationships between people and nature and among people (through nature). We report on the approach to capture relational values of nature s contributions to people in the regional ...

Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research

Van, Ginkel, K.C.H.; Botzen, W.J.W.; Haasnoot, M.; Bachner, G.; Steininger, K.W.; Hinkel, J.; Watkiss, P.; Boere, E.; Jeuken, A.; de Murieta, E.S.; Bosello, F. (IOP Publishing, 2020)

Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating points of abrupt transition in biophysical systems as well as transformative changes in adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the ...

The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Vinuesa, R.; Azizpour, H.; Leite, I.; Balaam, M.; Dignum, V.; Domisch, S.; Felländer, A.; Langhans, S.D.; Tegmark, M.; Fuso, Nerini, F. (Springer Nature, 2020)

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert ...

A global review of past land use, climate, and active vs. passive restoration effects on forest recovery

Meli, P.; Holl, K.D.; Benayas, J.M.R.; Jones, H.P.; Jones, P.C.; Montoya, D.; Mateos, D.M. (PloS One, 2017)

Global forest restoration targets have been set, yet policy makers and land managers lack guiding principles on how to invest limited resources to achieve them. We conducted a meta-analysis of 166 studies in naturally ...

Assessing nature s contributions to people: Recognizing culture, and diverse sources of knowledge, can improve assessments

Díaz, S.; Pascual, U.; Stenseke, M.; Martín-López, B.; Watson, R.T.; Molnár, Z.; Hill, R.; Chan, K.M.A.; Baste, I.A.; Brauman, K.A.; Polasky, S.; Church, A.; Lonsdale, M.; Larigauderie, A.; Leadley, P.W.; Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E.; Van Der Plaat, F.; Schröter, M.; Lavorel, S.; Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.; Bukvareva, E.; Davies, K.; Demissew, S.; Erpul, G.; Failler, P.; Guerra, C.A.; Hewitt, C.L.; Keune, H.; Lindley, S.; Shirayama, Y. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018)

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Toward a normative land systems science

Nielsen, J.O.; de Bremond, A.; Roy, Chowdhury, R.; Friis, C.; Metternicht, G.; Meyfroidt, P.; Munroe, D.; Pascual, U.; Thomson, A. (Elsevier, 2019)

Science should provide solutions for societal transformations toward sustainability in the face of global environmental change. Land system science, as a systemic science focused on complex socio-ecological interactions ...

Urban green space: creating a triple win for environmental sustainability, health, and health equity through behavior change

Kruizse, H.; Van der, Vliet, N.; Staatsen, B.; Bell, R.; Chiabai, A.; Muiños, G.; Higgins, S.; Quiroga, S.; Martinez-Juarez, P.; Yngwe, M.A.; Tsichlas, F.; Karnaki, P.; Lima, M.L.; de Jalón, S.G.; Khan, M.; Morris, G.; Stegeman, I. (MDPI, 2019)

Urbanization, costs of green space maintenance, and diminishing connection between people and nature all exert pressures on urban green space. This is regrettable as green space has the potential to create wins for ...

How to make ecological models useful for environmental management

Schuwirth, N.; Borgwardt, F.; Domisch, S.; Friedrichs, M.; Kattwinkel, M.; Kneis, D.; Kuemmerlen, M.; Langhans, S.D.; Martínez-López, J.; Vermeiren, P. (Elsevier, 2019)

Understanding and predicting the ecological consequences of different management alternatives is becoming increasingly important to support environmental management decisions. Ecological models could contribute to such ...