ecosystem services

How can we avoid another virus outbreak?

Feature / Focusing on biodiversity, biosafety and bioinformatics can offer a multi-dimensional strategy for effective virus risk management.

Using the Freshwater Health Index to assess hydropower development scenarios in the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong river basin

Journal article / In the Sesan, Sekong and Srepok (3S) River basin, using the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) to diagnose the basin’s freshwater health.

Why land restoration is key to sustainable prosperity and how to set it on track

Feature / SEI’s Toby Gardner and fellow IPBES researchers outline a 10-pillar strategy for the effective protection and restoration of land.

Understanding complexity in freshwater management: Practitioners’ perspectives in the Netherlands

Journal article / How are concepts of complexity interpreted and applied by practitioners in the case of freshwater management?

Deltas face the brunt of unsustainable development and climate impacts – we must move beyond concrete to shore them up

Perspective / Asian River Deltas make up "the breadbasket of the world" but are sinking and shrinking due to climate change and poor management. How do we respond?

Preserving Nepal’s Midhill springs

Perspective / Freshwater springs are disappearing in Nepal, threatening people’s lives. Research efforts must step up before it is too late.

Assessing soil compaction and micro-topography impacts of alternative heather cutting as compared to burning as part of grouse moor management on blanket bog

Journal article / This study compared grouse moor management impacts on peatlands in the North of England.

Value farmers if you want to save bees

Media coverage / Innovative farming practices can help preserve biodiversity.

Assessing Climate Change Impacts on River Flows in the Tonle Sap Lake Basin, Cambodia

Journal article / This paper assesses the potential impacts of future climate change on river flows within each sub-basin of Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake basin.