exerting heavy impacts also on distant peri-urban and rural ecosystems. Well-managed urban areas can support rich biodiversity, with many species rapidly adapting to the built environment. Green and ...

They offer numerous ecosystem services ... highlights the potential of garden ponds as crucial contributors to urban biodiversity. The online survey gathered data from over 800 garden pond ...

A UK non-profit has launched a global crediting standard for measuring urban biodiversity and ecosystem services, in a bid to tackle urban crises such as air pollution, flooding, and the heat island ...

In a rapidly changing world where ecosystems face unprecedented challenges, understanding the drivers behind biodiversity dynamics has become more urgent than ever. Freshwater ecosystems, which have ...

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...

This course aims to enhance your understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services and the benefits the ecosystem provides. You will examine the scientific principles ...

Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India Rampant urbanization and undervaluing of the natural ecosystem have detrimental impacts on urban spaces – increased flooding ...

Assigning monetary value to nature’s “services” to humans may prompt action, but it risks oversimplifying ecosystems and ...