This chapter reviews concepts and methods in the valuation of ecosystems and biodiversity
with a focus on ecosystem services. Valuation of ecosystem services is an increasingly used …

Increased tourism in the Arctic calls for more knowledge to meet management challenges.
This paper reviews existing knowledge of the effects of human use on vegetation, fauna and …

Background Although a standard taxonomy of organisms has existed for nearly 300 years,
no consensus has yet been reached on principles for systematization of ecological diversity …

Geodiversity is a rather new, emerging topic in earth science. There is now increased
awareness of our need to understand patterns of geodiversity in different landscapes facing …

Geodiversity is an important term for future geoheritage management strategies. It is
modelled on the term biodiversity that today dominates the work of nature conservation. It …

Offers solutions and best practices to respond to recurrent problems and contemporary
challenges in the field Since the publication of the first edition of Environmental Impact …

Identification of geodiversity at regional and national scales with traditional surveying
techniques remains a logistically difficult and often financially prohibitive task. Earth …

In this work, it is argued that effective protection of geological objects displaying heritage
value requires the local community's involvement in all geoconservation actions, ie …

The paper, given as the keynote speech at the ProGEO Reykjavík Seminar 2015, focuses on
how geodiversity and specifically geoheritage conservation can become an integral part of …

Environmental assessment (EA) is employed across the Arctic to assess, mitigate, and
monitor the impacts of resource development. Despite the increasing pressures of resource …