Browsing Biological & Environmental Sciences by Subject "Ecosystem services"
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Agroecology as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Smallholders of Tehri-Garhwal in the Indian Himalayan Region
( Springer Netherlands , 2017 , Article)Climate change is expected to increase temperatures and rainfall in the Himalayan region and place stress on local livelihoods by affecting agro-biodiversity, crop yield, cropping patterns and the species composition of ... -
China's ecological civilization program-Implementing ecological redline policy
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)China is one of the first countries to explicitly attempt to institute coordinated, ecosystem-based management across local, regional, and national scales. Chinese scientists have been urging policymakers to manage landscapes ... -
Impacts of land management on ecosystem service delivery in the Baiyangdian river basin
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)As the largest freshwater lake in northern China, Lake Baiyangdian provides a diversity of ecosystem services: it guarantees water flow to a number of beneficiaries and is an important component of sustainable regional ... -
Impacts of urban land use changes on ecosystem services in Dianchi lake basin, China
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Land use change is widely regarded as a key factor altering the structure and function of ecosystems. Urbanization is a particular driver and influence in land use change and is expanding globally, especially in developing ... -
Indicators for spatial–temporal comparisons of ecosystem service status between regions: A case study of the Taihu River Basin, China
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)With the development of ecological science, the demand to integrate ecosystem services into ecological management is increasing. Stakeholders are interested in comparing stocks and ability to supply ecosystem services in ... -
New ecological redline policy (ERP) to secure ecosystem services in China
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)China is facing huge environmental problems, with its current rapid rate of urbanization and industrial-ization causing biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and land resources degradation on a major scale.To overcome ... -
Surface soil carbon storage in urban green spaces in three major South Korean cities
( MDPI AG , 2016 , Article)Quantifying and managing carbon (C) storage in urban green space (UGS) soils is associated with the ecosystem services necessary for human well-being and the national C inventory report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ...