Ecosystem Service, Human Wellbeing and Policy Implications

Dear Colleagues,

Ecosystem services connect the natural environment with human society, which is vital for human wellbeing. Ecosystems have been continuously deteriorating as a result of global climate change and human interference in recent decades. The global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services released by IPBES in 2019 reported that 14 of the 18 categories of ecosystem services have declined since 1970. Conversely, with the population increase and improvement in living standards, the human demands of ecosystem services increased sharply. Thus, the balance between ES supply and demand is getting worse. Governments of different countries took some measures (e.g., ecological restoration programs) to improve important ESs and manage ecological concerns. However, these measures can cause marked unintended consequences. The research of ecosystem services becomes very important to determine management measures and promote the sustainability of ecosystems.

This Special Issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is aimed at giving an overview of the most recent advances in the field of ecosystem services and sustainable development. New research papers, reviews, case reports and conference papers are welcome to this Issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Ecosystem service supply, demand and flow
• Driving mechanisms of ecosystem service change
• Relationship among ecosystem services
• Ecosystem health, vulnerability and resilience
• Model simulation and scenario analysis
• Ecological compensation, optimization of ecological security pattern
• Sustainable management policy implications for different ecosystem services.

Dr. Wei Liu
Prof. Dr. Chengxin Wang
Dr. Fan Zhang
Guest Editors

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