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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Ecosystems

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Water beyond boundaries

Governing bioeconomy pathways

Projects and tools

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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The spectre of conservation in a time of rapid change

How does roadside vegetation management affect the diversity of vascular plants and invertebrates? A systematic review

Impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa: Land use change, ecosystem services, poverty alleviation and food security

Sustainable sanitation: a stepping stone to climate goals

Time is running out in the tropics – researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

Protecting tropical forest carbon stocks may not prevent large-scale species loss

Carbon-focused conservation may fail to protect the most biodiverse tropical forests

Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day tropospheric ozone distribution and trends relevant to vegetation

Vegetation matters: correcting chamber carbon flux measurements using plant volumes

Towards a more-than-human approach to tree health

Unravelling past impacts of climate change and land management on historic peatland development using proxy-based reconstruction, monitoring data and process modelling

Local costs of conservation exceed those borne by the global majority

ROSES RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses: Pro forma, flow-diagram and descriptive summary of the plan and conduct of environmental systematic reviews and systematic maps

Land degradation worsening climate change and undermining well-being of billions