Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies

The study evaluates the representation of ecosystem services across different conservation strategies in England, finding that tiered strategies consistently align with high stored carbon but not with high recreational value. It notes that tiering is prevalent in England and skewed toward upland areas, suggesting that future effectiveness evaluations must account for the overlap between different conservation strategies.

• Tiered conservation strategies consistently align with the highest levels of stored carbon, and occasionally with high agricultural production and biodiversity, but they never align with high recreational value.
• Tiering of conservation strategies is a common practice in England and is geographically biased toward upland regions.
• To fully understand the effectiveness of conservation strategies, future evaluations should analyze the extent to which different strategies overlap.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2010). Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies. https://www.sei.org/publications/representation-ecosystem-services-tiered-conservation-strategies/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies. 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/representation-ecosystem-services-tiered-conservation-strategies/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies |date=16 December 2010 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/representation-ecosystem-services-tiered-conservation-strategies/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2010representation, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/representation-ecosystem-services-tiered-conservation-strategies/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }