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Category Archives: Ecosystem Services

Hurricanes, Recovery, And Resiliency In The US Caribbean’s National Parks

[This article from Apple News presents some good insights into the enormous scale of the ecological impacts of major hurricanes — in this case, Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September and October of 2017. ] Hurricanes, Recovery, And Resiliency In … [Read more]

Communities of Action for SDG 14 – “Life Under Water”

UN Launches SDG 14 Communities of Action STORY HIGHLIGHTS To follow-up on outcomes from its World Ocean Conference*, held in June 2017, the UN has launched nine thematic, multi-stakeholder “Communities of Ocean Action”. The communities are meant to generate new … [Read more]

Good Discussion of the Economic Value of Coral Reefs

from the Washington Post, 26 June 2017: Energy and Environment The Great Barrier Reef is literally a treasure. It’s worth $42 billion. By Chelsea Harvey June 26 at 1:17 PM A tourist snorkels above coral in the lagoon located on … [Read more]

Another Perspective on the Need for DATA on WHAT WORKS

From the blog on the CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research, I think they do stuff with forests) web site at <http://blog.cifor.org/47876/time-to-get-it-together-on-mitigation-and-adaptation?fnl=en> Note that this article is based on a systematic survey of existing project documentation. WE NEED MORE, and, … [Read more]

Review of Threats to Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Services

Dr. Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado of the University of Puerto Rico has just had an important new publication accepted in Volume 101, 15 December, pp 5-28 of the Marine Pollution Bulletin, entitled, “The emerging threats of climate change on tropical coastal … [Read more]