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Natural Capital in a Nordic context : Status and Challenges in the Decade of Biodiversity »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Sanna Ahvenharju , Marika Bröckl , Leonardo Mazza , Tiina Pursula , and Patrick ten Brink
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325349
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, International Approaches, Capital Accounting, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Gaia Consulting, European Environmental Policy
The report reviews different international approaches for natural capital accounting. The five approaches reviewed are attempts to help create an improved evidence base on the links between biodiversity and ecosyst...
Biodiversity, carbon storage and dynamics of old northern forests »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Heleen de Wit , Erik Framstad , Erik Karltun , Markku Larjavaara , Raisa Mäkipää , and Lars Vesterdal
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325103
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Global Climate System, Nordic Countries, Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide, Complex Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Old Forests
Forests play a key role in the global climate system. The Nordic countries have extensive forests with large and growing tree biomass that captures substantial amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Nordic f...
Payment for and Management of Ecosystem Services : Issues and Options in the Nordic Context »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Kirsten Grønvik Bråten , Henrik Lindhjem , and Marianne Zandersen
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
ISBN: 9789289319324
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Environmental Policy Instrument, Direct Incentives, Nordic Countries, Preserve Biodiversity, Working Group on Environment
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a type of environmental policy instrument that gives the owner of a natural resource direct incentives to manage it in society's best interest. The report provides an overvie...
AFFORNORD : Effects on Ecosystems, Landscape and Rural Development »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Bjarni Didrik Sigurdsson , Gudmundur Halldorsson , and Edda Sigurdis Oddsdottir
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9789289317184
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, AFFORNORD, Afforestation, Ecosystems, Nordic Countries, Biodiversity, Landscape Dynamics
The Nordic project AFFORNORD studied the effects of afforestation on ecosystems, landscape and rural development in the years 2004-2006. Forests play a major role in the environment and economy of the Nordic countr...