The concept of ecosystem services allows researchers to quantify the benefits that nature contributes to people into monetary units. A new study suggests that trees provide greater economic value when ...

When you go to a grocery store, the tomatoes, box of pasta or can of tuna you buy each have a price tag. But goods and services in the environment — think clean water, tree cover, or flood control — ...

Climate change and a rapidly growing population are putting increasing pressure on ecosystem services. The more financially robust the issuer, the greater the probability of a bond being repaid. An ...

Nature lovers might cringe at the term “ecosystem services” to describe, say, the view of a pristine beach or a stream teeming with trout. But a growing number of experts within the scientific and ...

Aaron Eger is the Founder and Program Director of the Kelp Forest Alliance, a research driven not-for-profit organization. He is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New South ...