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Protecting ecosystems by way of biological control: cursory reflections on the main regulatory instruments for biological control agents, present and future
(2013)
Although there are numerous threats to ecosystems and the resultant ecosystem
services, alien and invasive plants (AIP) have been identified as being one of the
major causes of ecosystem destruction. In addressing the ...
Payment for ecosystem services
(2013)
This address focuses on the legislative design for payment or ecosystem services
(PES) since most countries do not have specific legislation that addresses the
subject. Brazil is in the process of drafting national ...
Ecosystem services and international water law: towards a more effective determination and implementation of equity?
(2013)
Interest in an ecological- or an ecosystem-centred approach to natural resource
management is not new, and in the case of water management has been very well
emphasised for many decades. Recently however, a new focus has ...
Towards the legal recognition and governance of forest ecosystem services in Mozambique
(2013)
Within the context of Mozambique, this paper examines the state of forest
ecosystem services, the dependency of the population on these systems for their
well-being, if an adaptive governance regime is being created which ...
Law, the laws of nature and ecosystem energy services: a case of wilful blindness
(2013)
Ecosystems services include the collection, concentration, and storage of solar
energy as fossil fuels (e.g., coal, petroleum, and natural gas). These concentrated
forms of energy were produced by ancient ecosystem ...