Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 70-82

  Wood, Sylvia L R ^a,d   Jones, Sarah K ^a,b   Johnson, Justin A ^c   Brauman, Kate A ^c   Chaplin Kramer, Rebecca ^e   Fremier, Alexander ^f   Girvetz, Evan ^g   Gordon, Line J ^h   Kappel, Carrie V ⁱ   Mandle, Lisa ^e   Mulligan, Mark ^b   O'Farrell, Patrick ^j   Smith, William K ^k   Willemen, Louise ^l   Zhang, Wei ^m   DeClerck, Fabrice A ^a,h  

^a CGIAR Consortium Office   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^j DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^m INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem modelling; Environmental benefits; Interactions; Policy review; Sustainable Development Goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036589016     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.010     Document Type: Article

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