Browsing by Subject "ecosystem services"
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A Preliminary Assessment of the Blue Carbon Capacity of Belizean Mangroves with Ecological, Economic, and Policy Perspectives
(2015-04-24)In recent years, mangrove forests have experienced increasing deforestation rates in Belize due to coastal development. Our client, the Belize Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development, wants to determine ... -
Assessing the current and future status of aquatic and hydrologic ecosystem services in the French Broad River Basin
(2017-04-28)Ecosystem services are the benefits that people receive from nature, and are an increasingly important component in conservation planning. Many of these ecosystem services are threatened, however, by land use change and ... -
COASTAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION: Ecological and Socioeconomic effects of Climate Change in Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell Counties
(2012-04-26)Climate change threatens the ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell counties as they are the three lowest-lying counties in all of North Carolina, making them particularly vulnerable to sea ... -
Ecological Limitations and Potentials of Artificial Aquatic Systems
(2018)An abstract of a dissertation: As humans increasingly alter the surface geomorphology of the Earth, a multitude of artificial aquatic systems have appeared, both deliberately and accidentally. Human modifications to the ... -
Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach.
(Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2015-02)Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land-use change and drainage has severely damaged ... -
Economic Valuation of Environmental Impacts of a 2D Seismic Survey in the Marañon River Basin, Peru
(2014-04-25)This study seeks to estimate in monetary terms the impacts on the ecosystem services of a 2D seismic Project in the rainforest region of Peru. Economic valuation of the environmental impacts of land use projects is an important ... -
Ecosystem Services in a Conservation Planning Framework
(2009-04-24)Natural ecosystems provide several important services to society, including water purification, crop pollination, and carbon storage. Until recently, however, these services were not paid for in market transactions, giving ... -
Estimating the Opportunity Cost of Lithium Extraction in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
(2009-12-04)If the world plans to be moving away from oil based transport and towards hybrid and electric vehicles, lithium supply is the key factor. The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia holds the largest source of lithium in the world; however, ... -
EVALUATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC MANGROVE SYSTEMS
(2018-04-27)Although their total area constitutes only a small percentage of global tropical forests, mangroves supply a wide range of goods and services that benefit people, flora and fauna. They protect coastlines from the impact ... -
Framework for Integrating the Value of Nature in Business Decisions: Utilizing Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management
(2016-04-28)Businesses contribute to the degradation of ecosystem services, but also depend on those services for their operations. Most businesses do not incorporate ecosystem services into their decision-making. Existing methods to ... -
Land Cover Change and Ecosystem Services on the North Carolina Piedmont 1985 to 2005
(2008-04-25)Analyses of ecosystem processes are advanced through remote sensing and geostatistical modeling methods capable of capturing landscape pattern over broad spatial and temporal scales. Many ecological studies rely on land ... -
Promoting Investments in Ecosystem Services: the Case of the Peruvian Amazon
(2010-04-23)Natural capital and the Ecosystem Services (ES) that flow from it are essential to civilization as they provide both the conditions and the processes that sustain human life. Peru possesses the third largest tropical forest ... -
Scaling Up Payment for Watershed Services Programs In the Upper Neuse River Basin: A Feasibility Analysis and Guidance Framework
(2012-04-27)The Falls Lake Reservoir in the Upper Neuse River Basin (UNRB) of North Carolina is currently classified as “impaired,” meaning that it fails to meet state water quality standards for its designated use for aquatic life. ... -
The Importance of Biodiversity in Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Ecosystems: An Assessment of Ecosystem Functioning and Services
(2019)As demand for deep-sea resources increases, understanding the non-extractive use values and ecosystem services associated with the deep sea is crucial. A broader understanding of the benefits provided by deep-sea ecosystems ... -
Three Essays On Protecting Biodiversity In Developing Countries
(2013)Developing countries often hoard the largest number of species, but also experience very high poverty levels. This dissertation reviews the evidence of the performance common conservation interventions. I find that despite ...
