part I Evolving framings and contexts / Kate Schreckenberg chapter 1 Seeing the wood for the trees Exploring the evolution of frameworks of ecosystem services for human wellbeing / Unai Pascual chapter 2 Justice and equity Emerging research and policy approaches to address ecosystem service trade-offs / Neil Dawson chapter 3 Social-ecological systems approaches Revealing and navigating the complex trade-offs of sustainable development / Belinda Reyers chapter 4 Limits and thresholds Setting global, local and regional safe operating spaces / John Dearing part II Ongoing and rapid system changes / Kate Schreckenberg chapter 5 Interactions of migration and population dynamics with ecosystem services / W Neil Adger chapter 6 Land use intensification The promise of sustainability and the reality of trade-offs / Adrian Martin chapter 7 Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in urbanising contexts / Fiona Marshall chapter 8 Reciprocal commitments for addressing forest–water relationships / Lana Whittaker chapter 9 Restoration of ecosystems and ecosystem services / Alison Cameron part III Improving governance / Kate Schreckenberg chapter 10 Governing for ecosystem health and human wellbeing / Fiona Nunan chapter 11 Co-generating knowledge on ecosystem services and the role of new technologies / Wouter Buytaert chapter 12 PES Payments for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? / Mary Menton chapter 13 Scaling-up conditional transfers for environmental protection and poverty alleviation / Ina Porras chapter 14 Social impacts of protected areas Exploring evidence of trade-offs and synergies / Emily Woodhouse part IV Achieving sustainable wellbeing / Kate Schreckenberg chapter 15 Multiple dimensions of wellbeing in practice / Sarah Coulthard chapter 16 Gender and ecosystem services A blind spot / Katrina Brown chapter 17 Resilience and wellbeing for sustainability / Lucy Szaboova chapter 18 Insights for sustainable small-scale fisheries / Daniela Diz part V Concluding thoughts / Kate Schreckenberg chapter 19 Ecosystem services for human wellbeing Trade-offs and governance / Georgina Mace.

Understanding how to sustain the services that ecosystems provide in support of human wellbeing is an active and growing research area. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of current thinking on the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. In part it showcases the key findings of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, which has funded over 120 research projects in more than 50 countries since 2010. ESPA’s goal is to ensure that ecosystems are being sustainably managed in a way that contributes to poverty alleviation as well as to inclusive and sustainable growth. As governments across the world map how they will achieve the 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, most of which have poverty alleviation, wellbeing and sustainable environmental management at their heart, ESPA’s findings have never been more timely and relevant.