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Aysegul Sirakaya

Universitetslektor

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Ecosystem services in cities : towards the international legal protection of ecosystem services in urban environments

Författare

  • Aysegul Sirakaya
  • An Cliquet
  • Jim Harris

Summary, in English

Biodiversity provides many ecosystem services in cities that are beneficial to human well-being including adaptation to the effects of climate change and positive effects of nature on human health. Rapid urbanization however is causing an adverse impact on biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Protecting and restoring urban biodiversity and ecosystem services can increase human well-being of the rapidly increasing urban population. Today, however, the international biodiversity conservation practice mainly focuses on rural areas, and not on urban conservation and restoration. Within city scale, there are several opportunities to green urban living, such as green infrastructure and urban parks and nature reserves. This paper investigates the current scientific practices for promoting and protecting ecosystem services in urban areas. Secondly, the authors review and assess the legally binding instruments on biodiversity at the international and EU level in order to see if there are sufficient existing mechanisms for protection of ecosystem services in urban areas. Thirdly, the paper elaborates on the Aichi Targets in order to explore whether or not these targets are enough to facilitate the protection and enhancement of ecosystem services in urban areas as swiftly as they are needed.

Avdelning/ar

  • Miljörätt
  • Juridiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2018-02-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

205-212

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ecosystem Services

Volym

29

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • Ecosystem services
  • Urban ecosystem services
  • Ecosystem law

Aktiv

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Environmental Law

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2212-0416