A sustainability framework for assessing trade-offs in ecosystem services

Achieving sustainability, i.e., meeting the needs of current populations without compromising the needs of future generations, is the major challenge facing global society in the 21st century. Navigating the inherent trade-offs between provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting ecosystem se...

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Main Authors: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Stephen Polasky, Elizabeth King, Patricia Balvanera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss1/art17/