If a tree stands in the forest, and there’s no economist around to tabulate its benefits to humans, do those benefits still exist? Critically, the healthier our natural environment, the more — and ...

The Sargasso Sea ecosystem generates a variety of goods and services that benefit people. These goods and services, often referred to as ecosystem services, provide some outputs that are directly ...

A Perspective proposes a pathway to improvements in sustainability of marine ecosystems and resources in China. Based on environmental accounting used in China's terrestrial ecosystems, the approach ...

Paper shares innovative natural capital accounting approach to valuing the benefits of ecosystems in Colombia's Upper Sin Basin to key economic sectors. The Sinú River in northwestern Colombia is a ...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) constitutes an integrated and comprehensive statistical framework for organizing data about habitats and landscapes, ...

Many rural households derive a variety of direct use goods and services from wetland ecosystems in many countries, and as such wetlands are their pillar to livelihoods. The contribution of wetlands to ...

Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve in northern Sri Lanka is an important coastal ecosystem that contains all the main blue carbon habitats, from mangroves to seagrass meadows to salt marshes and tidal flats.

As human development expands, birds are losing vital jobs in nature. This article explores what that means for ecosystem ...

This year’s observance of World Wildlife Day—3 March 2022—focuses on the recovery of key species and the restoration of the planet’s ecosystems. This important theme provides us with the opportunity ...

Ecosystem building, which prioritizes collaboration and growth among local entrepreneurs and organizations, is increasingly being recognized as a key regional economic development strategy. To serve ...