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Abstract: Issues related to biodiversity now attract much attention, not only from biologists but also from the wider public. Biodiversity has been recognized to play an important role in a number of social issues, such as disaster prevention and mitigation, social and economic capital and the sustainable use of natural resources. Consequently,...

Parks and other public green spaces (hereafter “urban green spaces”) provide many benefits to urban dwellers, but some residents receive few benefits due to a lack of urban green spaces nearby their home/workplace. Understanding spatial variations in urban green space accessibility is thus important for urban planning. As a case study, here we...

IPBES における５カ年（2014-2018 年）の作業計画を踏まえ、IPBES総会、学際的専門家パネル（以下「MEP」という。）、専門家会合、タスクフォース等の会合における議論に我が国が貢献できるように、国内専門家等によって構成される執筆のための情報共有の場の設定や専門家ヒアリング等を通じて科学的知見に関する情報を整理・収集するとともに、我が国の科学的知見を国際的な生物多様性及び生態系サービスに関する科学と政策の統合に向けた議論や成果物に効果的にインプットすることを目的として、本業務を実施した。本報告書はその成果をとりまとめたものである。

Since the 2000s, an increasing number of initiatives have been undertaken in the attempt to measure the physical quantities or the monetary values of ecosystem services. However, concrete methodologies for the quantification of ecosystem services are still to be developed; even the governmental, corporate and academic initiatives for the...