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European perspective of ecosystem services and related policies
Author(s) -
Dunbar Martha Bonnet,
Panagos Panos,
Montanarella Luca
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
integrated environmental assessment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1551-3793
pISSN - 1551-3777
DOI - 10.1002/ieam.1400
Subject(s) - ecosystem services , european union , ecosystem , business , environmental resource management , perspective (graphical) , environmental planning , focus (optics) , environmental protection , environmental science , ecology , economic policy , computer science , artificial intelligence , biology , physics , optics
In this article, we focus on the importance of terrestrial ecosystems and the services they provide. European Union policies, contributing to the conservation and maintenance of ecosystem services in Europe are discussed and their current impacts briefly reviewed in the light of the main challenges that European ecosystems might face in the near future. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2013; 9: 231–236. © 2013 SETAC