Biodiversity ; Carbon sequestration ; Cartography ; Concept ; Economic value ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Mountain ; Service ; Society-environment relationship ; Spatial analysis ; Tanzania ; Well-being
In light of the significance that ecosystem service research is likely to play in linking conservation activities and human welfare, systematic approaches to measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services (and their value to society) are sorely
needed. In this paper the AA. outline one such approach, which they developed in order to understand the links between the functioning of the ecosystems of Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains and their impact on human welfare at local, regional and global