Lia Laporta

• PostDoc Position at University of Trento

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2020 was a driving force behind spatially explicit quantifications of Ecosystem Services (ES) in Europe. In Portugal, the MAES initiative (ptMAES–Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem and their Services) was conducted in 2014 to address Target 2 (Action 5) of the Strategy, namely mapping and assessing ecosystems, ecos...

Agroforestry landscapes provide multiple benefits, including the capacity for storing carbon, thus contributing to climate change mitigation. In Portugal, the agroforestry system known as Montado (Dehesa in Spain) is heavily dependent on national and European financial incentives. Lack thereof, or insufficient level, often results in abandonment or...

Demonstrating economic benefits generated by protected areas is often pointed out as pivotal for supporting decision-making. We argue in this paper that the concept of ecosystem services (ES), defined as the benefits humans derive from ecosystems, provides a consistent framework to approach this issue as it links ecosystem functioning and benefits,...

This document corresponds to the ECOPOTENTIAL deliverable D7.2 which is one of the expected outcomes from WP7 'Ecosystem Services' and is expected to convey the outcomes of Task 7.2 "Conceptual Framework for valuation of ecosystem services in PAs" of EU Horizon 2020 Project ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIO...

“O projeto Fronteiras Urbanas surgiu como uma desculpa para um grupo de pessoas atuarem juntas de uma forma "legal" num processo de desenvolvimento humano local. Este grupo era constituído por académicos, pescadores e moradores de um assentamento ilegal e estavam reunidos na luta contra a política local, a qual revelava uma ordem assente no medo e...

In this chapter we discuss the trends in forest change and the associated drivers, the economic value of forests, the principles and challenges in evaluating the economic value of forests, and the role of valuation in informing decision-making. We address current major forest conservation initiatives at different scales and the mechanisms involved,...