Cool, wet, and few people: where Catalan forest ecosystem services abound
If we want to manage forests for maximum welfare
outcomes, we need to boost the provision of bundled forest ecosystem services.
But to get...
Call for papers: Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe
Researchers from several scientific disciplines are invited to submit their contribution to this interdisciplinary conference "Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem...
Mapping forest innovation across Europe
A map of innovative ways in which forests are being employed and managed to provide benefits to people has been launched by...
Payments for ecosystem services: Piecing together the puzzle to stop ‘Nature’s Dangerous Decline’
The key conclusions of the recent IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Global Assessment provoked urgent newspaper headlines: "nature's...
Engaging with stakeholders for spiritual ecosystem services
Forests are key for society and understanding the importance and the functioning of ecosystem services is fundamental for the healthy and sustainable...
PhD position in social-ecological dynamics and value chains of Mediterranean landscape products
The Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences at the University of Kassel in Germany offers a doctoral researcher part-time position with 65% of...
What is mushroom picking worth? Data collection strategies and valuation methods in Catalonia
Mushroom picking is a growing recreational activity in Europe and has a rich history as a traditional practice in many areas across...
New SINCERE paper analyses the context for adopting payments for watershed services
Payments
for watershed services (PWS) are an increasingly popular tool for watershed
management, also in the Southern Hemisphere. However, the degree of PWS
adoption varies...
New territory for non-wood forest products through INCREDIBLE cross-cutting initiative
Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) have
considerable potential to play a role in nature-based tourism, generating
income especially in inland and rural areas in the...
Community project in Solsona focusses on forest benefits for health and wellbeing
There is so much that we can learn from forests. They are valuable to support biodiversity, to provide resources for human needs,...
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Greener cities help reduce the risk of premature death
Urban greenery can protect against premature mortality, according to an investigation conducted by the Institute for Global Health in Barcelona (ISGlobal) and...
