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Research news | 2020-10-19
How to make ecosystem services assessments informative and feasible
New study shows how to engage with stakeholders in order for a science-based assessment to have an impact
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Research news | 2020-08-13
In the SDGs upcoming “decade of action”, biodiversity and ecosystem services remain chronically undervalued
New study suggests how to better capture the role of biodiversity for sustainable development
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Research news | 2020-05-29
Why Covid-19 and systemic risks are part of the hyper-connected world we live in
Transforming our planet into a production plant for food, fiber and fuel paves the way for new and widespread risks. It may define our future
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Research news | 2019-11-06
An altered planetary anatomy
Humans have transformed much of the planet to produce more and more food, fibre and fuel, now we need to radically transform this global production ecosystem. Centre researchers offer perspectives in Nature's exclusive 150th anniversary collection
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Research news | 2019-10-25
Ditches, fishponds, weirs, reservoirs, fish ladders, and irrigation channels harbour unexplored opportunities
Little research has been done on the untapped potential and unintended consequences of human-made water bodies like ditches, fishponds, weirs, reservoirs, fish ladders, and irrigation channels
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Research news | 2019-10-24
From natural resource to urban life source
New study models natural resource dependence in urban areas in South Africa
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Research news | 2019-10-12
Evolutionary biology for the human age
How evolutionary biology can inform governance and policies on a human-dominated planet
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Research news | 2019-10-03
What flows around comes around
Why human actions on land can threaten the quality of water in lakes
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Research news | 2019-08-28
Practice makes perfect
Why the idea that scientific expertise rests on the strict application of pre-determined technical methods is misplaced
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Research news | 2019-08-26
It takes a bit of nature to remain sane
A framework to incorporate nature's impact on mental health into city plans
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Research news | 2019-08-21
Making sure ecosystem services are distributed equally in cities
Access to green spaces in cities is a class issue. How can ecosystem services be distributed more equally?
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Research news | 2019-05-24
Bundles of unknown services from nature
New study maps for the first time the interaction between ecosystem services while gauging the inhabitants’ knowledge and appreciation of them. Not all services are getting the credit they deserve
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Research news | 2019-03-17
Ecosystem services for men, ecosystem services for women
There can be stark differences in how men and women use and experience ecosystem services. That has significant impact on their well-being
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Research news | 2019-02-05
How Sphagnum mosses respond to warming and other kinds of changing environmental conditions.
Better understanding of Sphagnum mosses key to understand whether carbon sequestration of northern peat bogs will slow down as the planet warms
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Research news | 2018-11-17
On the other side of the ditch
Study reveals deeply contrasting realities for farmers in South Africa
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Research news | 2018-06-12
A breeze of perspectives in a stormy debate
Questions around the popular ecosystem services framework and nature’s contribution to people has hit a nerve
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Research news | 2018-03-08
Mapping provisioning ecosystem services across the Sahelian landscape
New method to map livelihood benefits of ecosystem services for guiding future land use decisions in the Sahel
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Research news | 2018-02-28
Banned persistent organic pollutants still a serious threat to health and development in northern Pakistan
How ongoing use of banned chemicals and extensive deforestation now haunts northern Pakistan, leaving population prone to serious health issues
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Research news | 2017-12-18
Why ecosystem services must be better accounted for to acheive the Sustainable Development Goals
Despite being essential for several of the Sustainable Development Goals the role of ecosystem services have largely been ignored
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Research news | 2017-11-27
How plantain farmers in Costa Rica struggle despite rich access to ecosystem services
What plantain farmers in Costa Rica can teach us about the inconsistent links between access to ecosystem services and well-being
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Research news | 2017-06-21
Ecosystem assessments overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts
Placed-based sustainability efforts often fail to recognise the risk of piling up the environmental pressure elsewhere
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Research news | 2017-05-28
Acknowledging the connections between mind, body and environment
Researchers call for a new ”embodied scientific realism” where connections between mind, body and nature are better accounted for
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Research news | 2017-05-03
Breaking the cycle of poverty
Development aid must incorporate culture and nature better in efforts to push communities out of poverty, researchers argue
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Research news | 2017-04-25
How social-ecological research works
Special issue in the journal Ecology & Society on the sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems
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Research news | 2017-01-27
Relations between direct ecosystem service use and human well-being
Areas with high levels of direct ecosystem service use among households coincides with areas characterised by relatively low levels of human well-being
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Research news | 2016-10-06
Why protecting and using biodiversity is a human rights issue
Centre contributes to UN expert consultation on human rights and sustainable use of biodiversity
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Research news | 2016-04-27
Environmental change - who cares, who benefits, who loses?
Introducing "ecosystem services elasticity" to untangle the relationship between ecosystems and human wellbeing
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Research news | 2016-03-23
Natural capital and ecosystem services still not influencing enough decisions
Study explores why ecosystem service information has yet to fundamentally change decision making
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Research news | 2016-01-20
Six degrees of commodification
Economic instruments for biodiversity and ecosystem services need not rely on markets or monetary valuation
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Research news | 2015-11-18
Rsearch shows that species’ roles shift in different environments
The value of biodiversity particularly high in poor environmental conditions
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Research news | 2015-10-07
Why too stringent ecosystem management can cause serious damage
Managing ecosystems for predictable outcomes may backfire, new study warns
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Research news | 2015-09-18
Relations between ecosystem services and income and gender
Use of ecosystem services more determined by income, gender and land tenure than physical access
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Research news | 2015-07-07
A how-to guide for designing research for sustainability
Solving three key challenges can help improve our understanding of ecosystem services
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Research news | 2015-06-17
Green streets of gold
Amid climate change, restoring ecosystem services in urban areas not only environmentally sound and good for health but may also be financially smart
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Research news | 2015-06-05
The importance of ecosystem services in urban areas
Special issue highlights the social importance of ecosystem services in urban areas
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Research news | 2014-11-28
Seabirds as food for thought
Centre PhD-thesis uses seabirds as indicators of changes in marine ecosystems
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Research news | 2013-11-18
There's a reason why they are called experts
Scenario planning yielding no different results than those of expert opinions
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Research news | 2013-10-15
Improved awareness about the value of ecosystem services
Report on the value of ecosystem services handed over to Swedish government
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Research news | 2013-07-22
Connecting ecosystem services to Swedish cities
Report in Swedish first to explain benefits of ecosystem services in urban development
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Research news | 2013-06-25
Measuring ecosystem services in relation to policy targets
New approach can make target on protecting crucial ecosystem services easier to assess
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Research news | 2013-05-22
Ecosystem services in strategic spatial plans for Melbourne and Stockholm
Ecosystem services have historically appeared and disappeared in strategic spatial plans for Melbourne and Stockholm
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Research news | 2013-02-28
Mainstreaming ecosystem services
Centre to lead Swedish government efforts to increase awareness on ecosystem services
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Research news | 2013-02-15
A centre in the centre
Centre researchers influential in ecosystem services research
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Research news | 2013-01-08
Tree species diversity and ecosystem services
Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from higher tree species diversity
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