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Why should we care about ecosystem services? (2017)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2017). Why should we care about ecosystem services?

Article in the British Ecological Society journal 'BES Bulletin' about why we should care about ecology and ecosystem services

Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Everard, M. (2017). Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ecosystem Services, 25, 89-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.024

Wetlands make essential positive contributions to multiple dimensions of human wellbeing. However, recognition of these benefits is often lacking in decision-making, compromising the wellbeing of both the ecosystem and is many linked human beneficiar... Read More about Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India (2017)
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Everard, M., Khandal, D., & Sahu, Y. K. (2017). Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India. Ecosystem Services, 24, 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.005

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Conflict between people and ecosystem capacity is a global problem, and achievement of wildlife-human co-existence a strategic global need. Apex predators suffer disproportionately, including conflicts with human activities. Reco... Read More about Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India.

Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (1): An ecosystem services perspective (2017)
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Everard, M., Longhurst, J., Pontin, J., Stephenson, W., & Brooks, J. (2017). Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (1): An ecosystem services perspective. Ecosystem Services, 24, 241-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.020

Developing-developed world partnerships potentially present win-win opportunities for addressing climate-active gas emissions at lower cost whilst propelling developing nations on a lower-carbon trajectory, as carbon emissions, capture and storage ar... Read More about Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (1): An ecosystem services perspective.

Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach (2016)
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Everard, M., Longhurst, J., Pontin, J., Stephenson, W., & Brooks, J. (2017). Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach. Ecosystem Services, 24, 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.019

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The Converging World (TCW) developed-developing world partnership model represents a transparent approach to addressing carbon emission management in a mutually beneficial way, with a substantial ‘multiplier effect’ achieved tho... Read More about Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach.

Ecosystem services and the idea of shared values (2016)
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Irvine, K. N., O'Brien, L., Ravenscroft, N., Cooper, N., Everard, M., Fazey, I., …Kenter, J. O. (2016). Ecosystem services and the idea of shared values. Ecosystem Services, 21(B), 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.07.001

© 2016 The Authors Ecosystem services conceptualise the diverse values that ecosystems provide to humanity. This was recognised in the United Kingdom's National Ecosystem Assessment, which noted that appreciation of the full value of ecosystem servic... Read More about Ecosystem services and the idea of shared values.

The ripple effect: Institutionalising pro-environmental values to shift societal norms and behaviours (2016)
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Kenter, J. O., Reed, M. S., Everard, M., Reed, M., & Kenter, J. (2016). The ripple effect: Institutionalising pro-environmental values to shift societal norms and behaviours. Ecosystem Services, 21(B), 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.08.001

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Contemporary markets and societal norms externalise many ecosystem services important for a sustainable future. A range of external legal, market, social protocol and other mechanisms, referred to as ‘societal levers’, constrain... Read More about The ripple effect: Institutionalising pro-environmental values to shift societal norms and behaviours.

Multicriteria decision analysis for the evaluation of water quality improvement and ecosystem service provision (2016)
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McInnes, R., Smith, G., Greaves, J., Watson, D., Wood, N., & Everard, M. (2016). Multicriteria decision analysis for the evaluation of water quality improvement and ecosystem service provision. Water and Environment Journal, 30(3-4), 298-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12195

© 2016 CIWEM Water and land management decisions require consideration of multiple factors. Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) provides a structured, auditable and transparent tool that helps inform and add rigour to multioption decisions. MCDA w... Read More about Multicriteria decision analysis for the evaluation of water quality improvement and ecosystem service provision.

Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing (2016)
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Davies, T., Horswell, M., & Everard, M. (2016). Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing. Ecosystem Services, 21(A), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.07.007

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Community-based measures recharging groundwater in semi-arid India has historically underpinned rural socio-ecological resilience, though are declining through technological, policy and other changes. Nevertheless, exemplars of c... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing.

Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value (2016)
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Everard, M. (2016). Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value. Ecosystem Services, 18, 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.01.007

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Cultural and other less directly exploited ecosystem services tend to be excluded from decision-making, yet may underlie strong ties between people and their surroundings providing significant incentives for engagement with ecosy... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value.

Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (1): Socio-economic progress and lessons for groundwater-dependentareas (2015)
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Everard, M. (2015). Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (1): Socio-economic progress and lessons for groundwater-dependentareas. Ecosystem Services, 16, 125-135

Groundwater is a vital resource in arid and semi-arid regions, increasingly relied upon for year-round access, though lack of both study and regulation contribute to unsustainable pressures potentially contributing to a negative spiral of ecological,... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (1): Socio-economic progress and lessons for groundwater-dependentareas.

Rebirthing the landscape (2015)
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Everard, M. (2015). Rebirthing the landscape

An account of the community-based groundwater recharge activities of the NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh in semi-arid north Rajasthan

A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach (2015)
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Brown, I., & Everard, M. (2015). A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach. Environmental Science and Policy, 52, 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.006

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A diverse range of response options is available for decision-makers to manage environmental change and meet sustainability objectives. These can include inter alia: top-down statutory regulation and levies; bottom-up initiatives... Read More about A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach.

Investing in our rivers (2015)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2015). Investing in our rivers

This article makes the case for investment in the natural infrastructure of rivers, highlighting the societal benefits that would flow from it yet their substantial externalisation from current economic thinking with associated deterioration of socia... Read More about Investing in our rivers.

Identifying robust response options to manage environmental change using an Ecosystem Approach: A stress-testing case study for the UK (2015)
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Brown, I., Berry, P., Everard, M., Firbank, L., Harrison, P., Lundy, L., …Watts, K. (2015). Identifying robust response options to manage environmental change using an Ecosystem Approach: A stress-testing case study for the UK. Environmental Science and Policy, 52, 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.005

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A diverse range of response options was evaluated in terms of their utility for sustaining ecosystem services in the UK. Robustness of response options was investigated by applying a 'stress-testing' method which evaluated expect... Read More about Identifying robust response options to manage environmental change using an Ecosystem Approach: A stress-testing case study for the UK.

What are shared and social values of ecosystems? (2015)
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Kenter, J. O., O'Brien, L., Hockley, N., Ravenscroft, N., Fazey, I., Irvine, K. N., …Williams, S. (2015). What are shared and social values of ecosystems?. Ecological Economics, 111, 86-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.006

© 2015. Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one of the greatest challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly include shared/social values as a distinct category of valu... Read More about What are shared and social values of ecosystems?.

Realizing the value of fluvial geomorphology (2015)
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Everard, M., & Quinn, N. (2015). Realizing the value of fluvial geomorphology. International Journal of River Basin Management, 13(4), 487-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2015.1048457

© 2015 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. Fluvial geomorphological forms and processes exert a fundamental influence on riverine processes and functions. They thereby contribute significantly to beneficial servi... Read More about Realizing the value of fluvial geomorphology.

Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK (2014)
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Vieira da Silva, L., Everard, M., & Shore, R. G. (2014). Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK. Ecosystem Services, 10, 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.07.008

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. A systemic valuation was undertaken of marginal changes in ecosystem services assessed as likely to result from the Steart Coastal Management project, some in monetary terms and others semi-quantified. The Steart Coastal Manageme... Read More about Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK.

Improving coherence of ecosystem service provision between scales (2014)
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Everard, M., Dick, J., Kendall, H., Smith, R., Slee, B., Couldrick, L., …McDonald, C. (2014). Improving coherence of ecosystem service provision between scales. Ecosystem Services, 9, 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.04.006

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. High-level consensus about safeguarding ecosystem services for optimal benefits to society is not yet matched by transposition to field scale. Various 'societal levers' - markets, statutory legislation, common/civil law, market-b... Read More about Improving coherence of ecosystem service provision between scales.