Essays about: "the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review ESR"

Found 3 essays containing the words the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review ESR.

1. 1. An ecosystem service perspective of the ecological restoration measures to mitigate small-scale hydropower impact in river Billstaån : Steps towards monitoring and dissemination of ecosystem services

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

   Author : Susanne Tellström; [2017]
   Keywords : ecosystem services; ecosystem service assessment; Corporate Ecosystem Service Review; Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment; ecosystem service indicators; environmental communication; ecological restoration; river restoration;

   Abstract : Ecosystem services, capturing the benefits and values of functioning ecosystems for human well-being, is a concept receiving increasing attention both in science and policy. This study investigates the utility of considering ecosystem service in the ecological restoration of a river affected by small-scale hydropower. READ MORE

3. 2. Empowering the Steel Industry as a Stakeholder : Environmental Management and Communication through a Social-Ecological Approach

   University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Alicia Berg; [2013]
   Keywords : ecosystems; ecosystem services; resilience; social-ecological systems SES ; systems perspective; the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review ESR ;

   Abstract : This paper explores a case study of a Swedish tool steel company undergoing a transition from traditional environmental management practices to an enterprise identifying its place as part of a social-ecological system. The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) was utilized by the company to begin this process by focusing on ecosystem services to determine how an ESR approach contributes to environmental management in practice. READ MORE

4. 3. Corporate responsiveness to drivers of change : Using scenarios to improve decision making on sustainable management of complex dynamic ecosystems

   University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Pernilla Hampus; [2011]
   Keywords : Ecosystem services; scenarios; risk management; corporate decision making;

   Abstract : In order to make robust decisions on how to deal with future ecosystem changes, managers need to be aware of the complexity, uncertainty, thresholds and surprises that are inherent characteristics of social-ecological systems. The subject of this paper is the use of scenarios as a tool to increase corporate responsiveness to change by improving decision making on the sustainable management of complex dynamic ecosystems. READ MORE