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How tax incentives slow down positive change in social impact ecosystems and what can we do about it
(2021)
To advance positive change within social impact ecosystems, policy makers offer tax
incentives in return for social value. Some social enterprises are exempt from paying taxes, with an expectation that they will create ...
Impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services in high Andean mountains
(ELSEVIER, 2015-01-01)
Land conversion affects the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. In this study, we used a 50 years time series of land cover maps to assess the potential impacts of forest cover changes on ecosystem services. A ...
Green infrastructure, ecosystem services and their contributions to address climate change in cities: the case of the coastal corridor of the river Mapocho in Santiago de Chile
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Ins. Geografía, 2016)
The paper discusses the arguments in favor of urban green infrastructure and the provision of ecosystem services as key components of urban-ecological systems resilient to climate change. The analytical framework developed ...
Plant diversity loss affects stream ecosystem multifunctionality
(Ecological Society of America, 2019)
The ecosystem functioning dimension in conservation: Insights from remote sensing
(Springer, 2012-11)
An important goal of conservation biology is the maintenance of ecosystem processes. Incorporating quantitative measurements of ecosystem functions into conservation practice is important given that it provides not only ...
Biomonitoring Climate Change and Pollution in Marine Ecosystems: A Review on Aulacomya ater
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016-08)
The sedentarism and wide global distribution of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis have made it a useful bioindicator to assess changes in the health status of the marine ecosystem in response to pollution and other environmental ...
Microplastics impair amphibian survival, body condition and function
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020)