Ecosystem Services - 9780124199644

Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices covers scientific input, socioeconomic considerations, and governance issues on ecosystem services. This book provides hands-on transdisciplinary reflections by administrators and sector representatives involved in the ecosystem service community. Ecosystem Services develops shared approaches and scientific methods to achieve knowledge-based sustainable planning and management of ecosystem services.

Professionals engaged in ecosystem service implementation have two options: de-emphasize the ecological and socioeconomic complexity and advance in the theoretical, abstract field, or try to develop research that is policy relevant and inclusive in an uncertain environment. This book provides a wide overview of issues at stake, of interest for any professional wishing to develop a broader view on ecosystem service science and practice.

• Examines a broad scope of relevant issues to create common understanding in the ecosystem services community
• Includes contributions from several backgrounds, providing a broad, multidisciplinary view
• Offers recommendations to develop a thorough understanding and management of ecosystem services based on tools and research in larger territories as well as on local scales