Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ecosystem multifunctionality, a concept that
has developed in the largely separate fields of biodiversity–ecosystem function and land …

Highlights•Nature and its contributions to people's quality of life are associated with a wide
diversity of values.•IPBES embraces this diversity of values, as well as the need to integrate …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Over a million species face extinction, highlighting the urgent need for conservation policies
that maximize the protection of biodiversity to sustain its manifold contributions to people's …

Gross domestic product (GDP) summarizes a vast amount of economic information in a
single monetary metric that is widely used by decision makers around the world. However …

The determination of spatiotemporal variation in ecosystem service value and its drivers is
fundamental to ecosystem service management and decision-making. This paper selects a …

Urban, peri-urban forests and other natural areas provide a wide range of material and non-
material benefits to people known as ecosystem services. Access to these areas has been …

Land use is a crucial factor affecting ecosystem service value (ESV), and forecasting future
land use changes and ESV response can guide urban planning and sustainable …

Implementing ecological conservation and restoration of territorial spaces is an effective way
of building an ecological civilization while maintaining national ecological security in the …

Tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction as a result of human activities.
Here we explore how the extinction risks of terrestrial mammals and birds might change in …