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An explicit GIS-based river basin framework for aquatic ecosystem conservation in the Amazon

Despite large-scale infrastructure development, deforestation, mining and petroleum exploration in the Amazon Basin, relatively little attention has been paid to the management scale required for the protection of wetlands, fisheries and other aspects of aquatic ecosystems. This is due, in part, to the enormous size, multinational composition and interconnected nature of the Amazon River system, as well as to the absence of an adequate spatial model for integrating data across the entire Amazon Basin.

SNAPP Western Amazon Group - Amazon Aquatic Ecosystem Spatial Framework

Data and modeling infrastructure for national integration of ecosystem services into decision making: Expert summaries

Resource managers face increasingly complex decisions as they attempt to manage for the longterm sustainability and the health of natural resources. Incorporating ecosystem services into decision processes provides a means for increasing public engagement and generating more transparent consideration of tradeoffs that may help to garner participation and buy-in from communities and avoid unintended consequences.

Effectiveness, Costs and Benefits of Nature-based Defences for Wave Reduction

Urban Water Blueprint: Mapping conservation solutions to the global water challenge

Trade-offs between ecosystem services and alternative pathways toward sustainability in a tropical dry forest region

The design of strategies aimed at sustainable resource management requires an understanding of the trade-offs between the ecosystem services at stake, to determine appropriate ways in which to navigate them. We assess trade-offs between forage production for cattle ranching and the maintenance of carbon stocks or tree diversity in a Mexican tropical dry forest. Trade-offs between pairs of services were assessed by identifying their efficiency frontiers at both site and landscape scales. We also estimated service outcomes under current and hypothetical land-management conditions.

Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice

Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To evaluate the health status of marine ecosystems we need a science-based, integrated Ecosystem Approach, that incorporates knowledge of ecosystem function and services provided that can be used to track how management decisions change the health of marine ecosystems.

Chapter 7.8: Ocean Health Index for the world's large marine ecosytems

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