A5002261432- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Environmental Sustainability and Technology
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
European Forest Institute
2019-2023
University of St Andrews
2023
Rhodes University
2023
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2023
University of Namibia
2023
European Forest Institute
2020-2022
Ghent University
2022
Ghent University Hospital
2021
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2010-2019
Public Health Department
2018
We are increasingly confronted with severe social and economic impacts of environmental degradation all over the world. From a valuation perspective, problems conflicts originate from trade-offs between values. The urgency importance to integrate nature's diverse values in decisions actions stand out more than ever. Valuation, its broad sense 'assigning importance', is inherently part most on natural resource land use. Scholars different traditions -while moving heuristic interdisciplinary...
The development of societies, including spiritual development, is closely connected to forests. larger interrelations among changing transforming forest landscapes, and evolving values related forests have yet be extensively considered. Addressing this research gap important avoid the neglect in policy management. Our exploratory study investigates from European Asian perspectives, assessing 13 countries. Based on expert knowledge 18 interdisciplinary experts, we first define (forest...
The lack of consideration for ecosystem services (ES) values in current decision making is recognised as one the main reasons leading to an intense competition and arguably unsustainable use well-located available land. In this article, we present a framework Valuation Of Terrestrial Ecosystem Services (VOTES), aiming at structuring methodology that applicable valuing ES given area through set indicators are both meaningful local actors scientifically constructed. Examples from case study...
There is a large body of research on the benefits green spaces offer city dwellers and how people use urban (UGS). However, there much less information many do not UGS, who these are, why they resign from going there. This paper focuses understanding reasons that restrict UGS draws socio-economic demographic profile non-users. For this purpose, we surveyed N = 10,391 respondents 33 European countries (statistically representative at country level). Results show about 10% UGS. share non-users...
Boeraeve, F., M. Dufrêne, R. De Vreese, S. Jacobs, N. Pipart, F. Turkelboom, W. Verheyden, and Dendoncker. 2018. Participatory identification selection of ecosystem services: building on field experiences. Ecology Society 23(2):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10087-230227
Nowadays, great emphasis is placed on the relationship between forest and water because forests are considered as substantial sources of many ecosystem services. The aim this paper to analyze stakeholder opinions towards potential development water-related payments for services (PES) schemes. study developed in context COST Action CA15206–PESFOR-W (Forests Water) aimed at synthesizing current knowledge about PES schemes across Europe. were mapped out using a structured questionnaire...
OPINION article Front. Sustain. Cities, 09 December 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.572556
Urban forests play a crucial role for the wellbeing of city dwellers, and their importance people has been emphasised during COVID-19 pandemic. This exploratory study analyses visit patterns visitor attitudes perceptions in peri-urban forest nearby Bonn, Germany, as well impact lockdown. Methodically, we combined automated counting with total 345 on-site interviews. Respondents were asked variety open-ended closed questions on various aspects management recreation. The results show that...
The EU Water Framework Directive aims to ensure restoration of Europe’s water bodies “good ecological status” by 2027. Many Member States will struggle meet this target, with around half river catchments currently reporting below standard quality. Diffuse pollution from agriculture represents a major pressure, affecting over 90% basins. Accumulating evidence shows that recent improvements agricultural practices are benefiting quality but in many cases be insufficient achieve WFD objectives....