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Enhancing social and economic development while preserving nature is one of the
most significant challenges for humankind in the current century. The Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment showed an alarming degradation of ecosystems across the world due to
unprecedented changes in land use and ecosystem management driven by human societies
in the 20th century [1]. At the same time, poverty and extreme poverty persist in many
regions of the world, especially in rural areas, despite programs focused on ecosystems or
development and reduction of poverty [2]. Problems related to both ecosystem condition
and poverty may be aggravated in the near future if ecosystem destruction and degradation
are not reverted. The 2019 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report [3] highlights the deterioration of ecosystems and the
reduction in the supply of ecosystem services worldwide due to increasing pressures and
drivers of change in the last 50 years, which have rendered conservation (Aichi Biodiversity
Targets) and sustainability (2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals) objectives
impossible to achieve unless transformative changes take place in society at both local and
global scales.
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Castro-Pardo, Mónica de; Azevedo, João; Fernández, Pascual (2021). Ecosystem services, sustainable rural development and protected areas. Land. ISSN 2073-445X. 10:10, p.1-3
