Groundwater plays a vital role in food security, water availability, and economic growth of
more than 1.3 billion people in India. Notwithstanding the development of irrigation schemes …

Soil plays a crucial role in ecosystem functioning. In the 1990s ecosystem services (ES)
research focused on develo** the concept and framework and only a few studies linked …

Weather extremes have widespread harmful impacts on ecosystems and human
communities with more deaths and economic losses from flash floods than any other severe …

Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world's people. Despite
many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees …

Atmospheric moisture holding capacity increases with temperature by about 7% per° C
according to the Clausius‐Clapeyron relationship. Thermodynamically then, precipitation …

The introduction of nature‐based solutions (NbS) in catchments has the potential to increase
the cost‐effectiveness, flexibility, and reliability of water management practices aimed at …

Conversions of natural ecosystems, eg, from rain forests to managed plantations, result in
significant changes in the hydrological cycle including periodic water scarcity. In Indonesia …

The water, food, energy nexus has prompted sustainability concerns as interactions
between these interdependent human needs are degrading natural resources required for a …

Forests act as 'pumps' through their evapotranspiration (E tot) and as 'sponges' by
enhancing soil infiltration capacity and moisture retention. Tropical deforestation and poor …

This study estimates the value of forest ecosystem services provided by a protected area in a
biodiversity hotspot in India. It also addresses some of the shortcomings identified in existing …