This study aims to evaluate the non-market values of ecosystem services generated by wetlands in Southern Quebec. To accomplish this, we evaluated the value of wetland services related to 1) habitat for biodiversity, 2) flood control, 3) water quality and 4) climate regulation. Two non-market valuation methods are proposed, contingent valuation (CV) and choice experiment (CE). Our study aims to...

Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land-use change and drainage has severely damaged or annihilated these services in many parts of North America and Europe; restoration plans are urgently needed at the landscape level. We review the major constraints on ...

Abstract There is increasing global interest in employing nature-based solutions, such as reforestation and wetland restoration, to help reduce water risks economies society, including pollution, floods, droughts scarcity, that are likely become worse under future climates. Africa exposed many risks. Nature-based solutions for adaptation should be designed benefit biodiversity can also provide ...

Abstract Beavers ( Castor spp.) are ecosystem engineers that induce local disturbance and ecological succession, which turns terrestrial into aquatic ecosystems creates habitat heterogeneity in a landscape. have been proposed as tool for biodiversity conservation restoration. So far, most research has compared beaver wetlands non-beaver wetlands, but few studies explored how beaver-created succ...

Since the early 1990s, >5,000 ha of historic wetlands (and adjacent prairie) have been restored on the rowcrop agricultural landscape of Winnebago County, Iowa, USA. From 2008–2011, we surveyed 22 of these sites for probabilities of occupancy and colonization by Boreal Chorus Frogs (BCF; Pseudacris maculata), Northern Leopard Frogs (NLF; Lithobates pipiens), and American Toads (AT; Anaxyrus ame...

—Once an abundant and conspicuous presence in wetlands across much of north-central North America, Trumpeter Swan ( Cygnus buccinator ) poplulations were decimated in the midto late 1800s by a combination of market hunting, subsistence hunting, and habitat loss. Since then, restoration has focused primarily on reintroduction efforts in which captive-reared birds are released and then monitored....

In the EU different utilization demands compete with each other and space is limited. As a consequence, socio-economic considerations and economic activities play therefore an important part in land use management and conservation planning. Often the integration of conservation concerns in agricultural as well as forestry production land use models has been neglected. One reason is a lack of ac...

Mining subsided lakes are major obstacles for ecological restoration and resource reuse in mining regions. Transforming mining subsided lakes into artificial wetlands is an ecological restoration approach that has been attempted in China in recent years, but a value assessment of the approach still needs systematic research. This paper considers Jiuli Lake wetland, an artificial wetland derived...