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Forests form the dominant natural ecosystem in Malaysia. About 55% of Malaysian land area is forested and endows a rich …
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in improvements in environmental quality. After taking into account a range of policy options, ecosystem service … CM to value the marginal benefits of improvement in selected ecosystem services associated with winegrowing. This study …
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(engineered or designed ecosystems) can significantly impact the level of ecosystem goods and service available thereby impacting … national landscape. Study of the economic value of ecosystem services delivered by agricultural lands thus provides important … insights into the management of engineered or designed ecosystems. This paper estimates values of ecosystem services, such as …
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Conservation biological control (CBC) aims to improve conditions for natural enemies in agricultural landscapes and has the goal of reducing pest species below threshold level to thus avoid the need for synthetic chemicals. The CBC approach has been introduced in several counties, including New...
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Since 2000 six standardised biennial public surveys of the state of the New Zealand environment have been undertaken. A fresh water case study was included in the 2010 postal survey and in an electronic survey. Desirable futures for New Zealand's fresh water resources, sources of damage to...
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storage projects, a systematic way of implementing an ecosystem services approach is developed. This ecosystem services … ecosystem services index, which is constructed from the aggregation of normalized indicators that represent each ecosystem … service and preferential weights for each ecosystem service. The evaluation of sustainability is considered both according to …
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Conservation of species is challenging, and there is continuing interest in finding more effective means to achieve conservation goals. State provision of conservation occurs in many countries, alongside a growing range of alternative providers including Not For Profit organisations and the...
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in ecosystem services and support for organic farming on arable land. The surveys were split into two subsets: Canterbury … addition, residents‟ willingness to fund an organic farming project that enhances certain ecosystem services is analyzed. The … results provide insights for management of arable lands to deliver selected ecosystem services in New Zealand. …
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In New Zealand total annual funding allows 15 percent of the 2,400 threatened species to be targeted for management. Although management costs are crucial to a conservation organisation's ability to achieve its goals, estimates of costs are not usually included in applications for funding or the...
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