All Outputs (126)

Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex' (2018)
Report

Executive summary

The ‘Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex’ workshop (JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, December 2017) brought together approximately 70 participants from government, NGOs, academia, village governance insti... Read More about Report of the three-day workshop on 'Regeneration of the Banas-Bisalpur Socio-ecological Complex'.

Non-native fishes in the Indian Himalaya: an emerging concern for freshwater scientists (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © 2017 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. Anthropogenic activities impose major threats to global biodiversity, compounded by changing climatic variables. Freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most vulne... Read More about Non-native fishes in the Indian Himalaya: an emerging concern for freshwater scientists.

Optimising ecosystem services to deliver multiple benefits (2017)
Journal Article

The inherently systemic concept of ecosystem services recognises multiple, qualitatively differing societal benefits, yet most services remain overlooked by contemporary markets and policy drivers contributing to ecosystem degradation. Societal tran... Read More about Optimising ecosystem services to deliver multiple benefits.

Real-time consequences of riparian cattle trampling for mobilization of sediment, nutrients and bacteria in a British lowland river (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. Rivers and their catchments support multiple human needs, necessitating integrated management of land and water resources. Agricultural land use, specifically the impact... Read More about Real-time consequences of riparian cattle trampling for mobilization of sediment, nutrients and bacteria in a British lowland river.

Reasserting the primacy of human needs to reclaim the ‘lost half’ of sustainable development (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. The concept of sustainable development evolved from growing awareness of the interdependence of social and economic progress with the limits of the supporting natural environment, becoming progressively integrated into global agr... Read More about Reasserting the primacy of human needs to reclaim the ‘lost half’ of sustainable development.

Assessing the feasibility of integrating ecosystem-based with engineered water resource governance and management for water security in semi-arid landscapes: A case study in the Banas catchment, Rajasthan, India (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Much of the developing world and areas of the developed world suffer water vulnerability. Engineering solutions enable technically efficient extraction and diversion of water towards areas of demand but, without rebalancing resou... Read More about Assessing the feasibility of integrating ecosystem-based with engineered water resource governance and management for water security in semi-arid landscapes: A case study in the Banas catchment, Rajasthan, India.

Why should we care about ecosystem services? (2017)
Journal Article

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

Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas (2017)
Book Chapter

Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES): An example from Colombo, Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article

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 Services: Key Issues (2017)
Book

This is an academic volume produced on invitation from Earthscan/Routledge as a summation of the evolution and current status of the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services. It is broad in scope, covering underpinning science, history, ec... Read More about Ecosystem Services: Key Issues.

Ecosystem service enhancement for the alleviation of wildlife-human conflicts in the Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan, India (2017)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

© 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.

The Ecosystems Revolution: Co-creating a Symbiotic Future (2016)
Book

The Ecosystems Revolution: Co-creating a Symbiotic Future is all about humanity’s relationship with the natural world, how it has shifted throughout our evolutionary journey, and how we urgently need to accelerate its evolution on a far more symbioti... Read More about The Ecosystems Revolution: Co-creating a Symbiotic Future.

Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The welfare costs of weather related disruption on the transport network have been estimated to be between £100m and £520m per day of disruption in England. This paper presents a case study of a mainline railway cutting and tunnel, which is situated... Read More about Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making.

Know Your Freshwater Fishes (2016)
Book

This pocket-sized book provides information about the 54 native, invasive and naturalised species found today in the fresh waters of the British Isles. These fresh waters range from torrential hill streams to powerful rivers and wide, meandering low... Read More about Know Your Freshwater Fishes.