Feature: Importance of ‘ecosystem services’ for sustainable development

Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 06:49 in Earth & Climate

Ecosystem services are the foundation of sustainable development; without them we’d have no food, shelter or wilderness ‘escapes’. As Drs Anna Straton and Leonie Pearson explain, we need to better understand them, and how they contribute to our well-being, in order to achieve more sustainable progress.

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