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Ecosystem Services Report

​Discussion Paper on Ecosystem Services for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Final Report.

Published July 2012

This report is offered as a full report or in separate sections. For accessibility purposes it is offered in PDF and accessible word.

Full report

  • Discussion paper on Ecosystem Services PDF pdf.gif [6 MB, 170 pages]
  • Discussion paper on Ecosystem Services MS Word icon [6 MB, 170 pages]

Separated report

  1. Introduction
  2. Terms of Reference
  3. Approach
  4. Issues, origins and definitions

    Chapter 1-5 PDF pdf.gif [1.8 MB, 33 pages]
    Chapter 1-5 DOCX MS Word icon [1.2 MB, 33 pages]


  5. Conceptual frameworks and typologies
  6. Application of an ‘ecosystem services approach'

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  7. Relationships between ecosystem services and biodiversity
  8. Dealing with multiple ecological processes and multiple benefits

    Chapter 8-9 PDF pdf.gif [1.8 MB, 18 pages]
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  9. Activities currently underway in Australia and overseas that seek to incorporate ecosystem services approaches into the management of natural resources
  10. An example framework for the ecosystem services associated with Australian rural lands

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    Chapter 10-11 DOCX MS Word icon [2.7 MB, 53 pages]


    Appendices PDF pdf.gif [1.9 MB, 56 pages]
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    Glossary of key terms and acronyms and Executive summary PDF pdf.gif [1.9 MB, 17 pages]
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  11. Issues associated with implementation of an ecosystem services approach in Australia
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