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… Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, … Editor Tools for m easuring, m odelling, and valuing ecosystem services G uidance for K ey B iodiversity A reas, … quantity of water available; increase the resilience of vulnerable human communities to cope with natural disasters; …

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … which species, ecosystems, and other values are most vulnerable to Executive summary Executive Summary Figure 1. … conservation goals, the ecological significance of the vulnerable species or ecosystem, whether or not the projected …

… 1 The ecosystem service value of protected areas for cyclone … (Harper et al., 2001). The town of Cairns is considered vulnerable to the impacts of cyclones, with some critical … in low-lying areas including the airport, already vulnerable to the highest tides (Poloczanska et al., 2007) …

… D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, the Gordon and Betty Moore … but over time, rather than space. Thus, highly vulnerable sites can either be protected now or never. Sites … in protected area networks that do not safeguard the most vulnerable habitats in favor of less biodiverse regions that …

… is faster than predicted, but also as one of the most vulnerable, due to its limited adaptive capacity. Yet, there … for dealing with uncertainty – in particular through ecosystem and community-based approaches rooted in local … on healthy ecosystems for their survival, are most vulnerable to those changes. To address these threats, AFD …

… Ecosystem Based Approaches … the output of collaboration between the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Commission on Environmental Law, … measures are considered among the most important to enable vulnerable and at-risk rural communities adapt to climate …

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … populations more at risk. The cities most immediately vulnerable to sea-level rise are Asian megacities sitting on … many other coastal cities throughout the world are vulnerable to flooding from storm surges, and will become …

… World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … 1993a). Nature reserves and woodland fragments are also vulnerable to this degradation. Sizes of habitat patches … fragments with a high ratio of perimeter to area are more vulnerable to edge disturbance processes than are large …

… multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean …

… 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type legislation 101 3.1.9 Hydrologic … the species population or community so it is not so vulnerable to the effects of fragmentation. In some instances … direct and indirect climate change impacts. Particularly vulnerable are aquatic freshwater habitats, wetlands, …