A Catalogue of Ecosystem Services in Slovakia Benefits to Society
This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystem services (ES) for the territory of the Slovak Republic. Although the ES approach is widely used for the evaluation of the benefits of natural capital and biodiversity for people, this book
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A Catalogue of Ecosystem Services in Slovakia
Peter Mederly • Ján Černecký Editors
A Catalogue of Ecosystem Services in Slovakia Benefits to Society
Editors Peter Mederly Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Nitra, Slovakia
Ján Černecký Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Nitra, Slovakia State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Slovakia
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Preface
Nature and the environment represent a key and unquestionable value in terms of human existence – perhaps the value increasing in importance the more people live in the world and the more humans influence and change their environment through their activities. The world community and the European Union are becoming more and more aware of this fact, with various corresponding international activities and policy initiatives. The first decade of the new millennium was very specific with global research and environmental assessment focusing on biodiversity and natural resources, resulting in the outcomes of a large-scale Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) project, which raises the issues of biodiversity, natural capital, and ecosystem services. Another key document is the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and i
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