Maintaining an attractive natural environment for travel destinations through landscape and recreation value trade
The trade in landscape and recreational values outlined in this article is one way of preserving our shared environment for tourists, local operators and nature itself.
Open access link (Finnish): Matkakohteen luontoympäristön vetovoimaisuuden ylläpitäminen maisema- ja virkistysarvokaupan avulla
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The health function of peri-urban forests in protected areas – Assessment of hiking trails energy capacity in Nature Park Medvednica
The primary goal of the research was to collect information on the level of activation of energy capacities for the health, and the secondary goal was to determine the differences in physical activity on the two most visited hiking trails.
Open access link: The health function of peri-urban forests in protected areas – Assessment of hiking trails energy capacity in Nature Park Medvednica
Draft bill concept of the federal law “Forest Code of the Russian Federation”
The goal of the draft bill concept is to modernise the forest law of the Russian Federation to bring it in line with changes in the state of forests, their increasing role in climate regulation and other ecosystem services, as well as the further development of market relations in the Russian economy.
Open access link: Draft bill concept of the federal law “Forest Code of the Russian Federation”
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Adapting land restoration to a changing climate: accepting what we know and what we don’t
Land restoration will happen under climate change and navigating uncertainty and planning for adaptation requires new knowledge systems.
Open access link (Spanish): Para adaptar la restauración de la tierra a un clima cambiante
Open access link (French): Adapter la restauration des terres à un climat en évolution
Impacts of infiltration trenches on water and soils: What do we know?
In many parts of the world, water and soil conservation technologies - such as terraces, living fences, gully control, infiltration ditches, slow-forming terraces, reforestation - have been implemented.
Open access link (Spanish): Impactos de las zanjas de infiltración en el Agua y los Suelos de los Andes: ¿Qué sabemos?
Ecosystem services and social equity: Who controls, who benefits and who loses?
Power asymmetries influence stakeholders’ roles in relation to ecosystem services, including their participation in ecosystem services governance. Insights into roles, power and inequities can be useful for designing participatory governance mechanisms.
Open access link: Ecosystem services and social equity: Who controls, who benefits and who loses?