Ecosystems

Ecosystems clean water and air, regenerate soils, provide us with food and materials, and more. SEI works at the intersection between human needs and healthy ecosystems to protect human well-being over the long term.

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Doi Phu Langka, Pha Chang Noi, Pong, Phayao, Thailand

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

STAR can be used by business, governments and civil society to identify actions to halt and reverse species extinction across the globe.

Journal articles
Land
9 April 2021
Indonesia
Colombia
Brazil
Madagascar
Mexico

Average westerner’s eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year

Chris West was quoted in this Guardian article on the impacts of western consumption on global deforestation.

Media coverage
Economy
Land
30 March 2021

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Water beyond boundaries

Governing bioeconomy pathways

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Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands

BONUS RETURN

PEGaSus

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

Average westerner’s eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year

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Consumer markets and companies linked to habitat loss for rare species in Brazil’s savannah: new paper

Climate change and land

World Water Week 2019

Short films from SEI: Bangkok premiere and Q&A with director

The Amazon attracts concern of the Arab world

Preserving Nepal’s Midhill springs

SEI leads discussions to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality Targets in Kenya

Addressing the land degradation-migration nexus: the role of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

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

Chindwin Basin biodiversity faces serious threats, urgent conservation measures needed, say SEI’s scientists

One million species at risk – what can we do to stop the eradication?

Bog breathing: the extent of peat shrinkage and expansion on blanket bogs in relation to water table, heather management and dominant vegetation and its implications for carbon stock assessments

Value farmers if you want to save bees

Finance for the adaptation of ecosystems to climate change: a review of the Adaptation Fund portfolio

Sustainable management and resilience of Arctic wetlands – scoping study